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Marx to-day: capitalism and socialism (1925)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2009

JOHN R. COMMONS
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This relatively unknown and seldom cited text by the great American institutional economist John R. Commons if of interest not merely because of the issues mentioned in its title. It also illuminates Commons's analysis of custom, law, and the state. This introduction gives some biographical details and discusses some of the important features of this essay.

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Journal of Institutional Economics , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , April 2009 , pp. 117 - 136
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Copyright © The JOIE Foundation 2009

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