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Introduction: Three Vignettes of Market Societies

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How do markets work? This simple question has occupied the greatest minds in economics regardless of their persuasion. Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and almost anyone else who has engaged in debates about economic questions have had to come to grips with the nature of the market.

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Perelman, M. (1991). Introduction: Three Vignettes of Market Societies. In: Information, Social Relations and the Economics of High Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11161-9_1

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