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Deconstructing Robert Lucas

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Part of the book series: Recent Economic Thought Series ((RETH,volume 21))

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There are at least three reasons why economists should learn about deconstruction. First, it ties together recent work about economics and language. Second, it provides a new approach to the history of economic thought. Third, it suggests a particular, and to some provocative, understanding of what economists do and why we do it.

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Rossetti, J. (1990). Deconstructing Robert Lucas. In: Samuels, W.J. (eds) Economics As Discourse. Recent Economic Thought Series, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1377-1_8

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