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Students, academics, and practitioners of economics are often exposed to and then taught to learn theories and methods that have little or no resemblance to everyday life. Nevertheless, for a variety of reasons (as discussed in Chap. 3 in the understanding of philosophy of science and paradigms), economics from neo-classical roots through to the current “supply-side” macro- and microeconomic applications have been steadfast for several decades.

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    Co-author Clark was one of the 1000+ scientists where for the Third UNIPPC, he was co-author of Chapter 3 (Financial Structures) and co-editor for Chapter 4 (Legal and Business Structures).

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    Woodrow W. Clark II

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    Michael Fast

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Clark II, W.W., Fast, M. (2019). The Study of Qualitative Economics. In: Qualitative Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05937-8_6

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