“As the work progresses the careful reader will insert mental interrogation points here and there. He will find that his interest increases as the interrogation points become more frequent, and that it culminates where they are changed to marks of positive dissent. I venture to record the opinion that the value of the work reaches a maximum in a passage that is demonstrably incorrect.”
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John Bates Clark
John Bates Clark was an American economist known for his research on marginal utility theory and theories of income distribution. His contributions to the field of economics have had a profound impact on subsequent economists. more
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