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We're facing a danger that economics is rigorous deduction based upon faulty assumptions. Science after science gets that way from time to time. When it does, we're in real trouble.
W. Brian Arthur
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W. Brian Arthur
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: July 21
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Belfast
Ireland
William Brian Arthur
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