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Author
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Date Reviewed
November 01, 2013
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Patricia Illingworth, Thomas Pogge, and Leif Wenar
Date Reviewed
November 01, 2013
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Date Reviewed
July 2, 2013
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Author
Arthur Pontynen, Rod Miller
Date Reviewed
July 2, 2013
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Date Reviewed
July 2, 2013
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Date Reviewed
July 2, 2013
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Author
Jeffrey L. Cruikshank, Arthur W. Schultz
Date Reviewed
July 2, 2013
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Date Reviewed
July 06, 2012
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Nicholas Capaldi, Gordon Lloyd
Date Reviewed
April 28, 2012
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April 28, 2012
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Date Reviewed
December 13, 2011
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Author
Nicholas Phillipson
Date Reviewed
December 13th, 2011
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July 01, 2009
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July 01, 2009
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July 01, 2009
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Deirdre N. McCloskey
Date Reviewed
June 8th, 2012
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June 8th, 2012
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October 25, 2011
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October 25, 2011
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October 25, 2011
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October 03, 2011
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August 13, 2011
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Marcel Fournier, Jane Marie Todd, trans.
Date Reviewed
July 08, 2011
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June 15, 2011
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March 30, 2011
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Adam Phillips, Barbara Taylor
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Lawrence M. Friedman
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April 17, 2010
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Richard B. Gunderman
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Michael Strong, John Mackey
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July 15, 2009
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Paul Brest, Hal Harvey
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