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Just a wooden horse

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William M. Epstein is the author of The Dilemma of American Social Welfareand The Illusion of Psychotherapy,both published by Transaction. He has recently completed Welfare in America: A Study in Gray.

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Epstein, W.M. Just a wooden horse. Society 34, 60–61 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02697004

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