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Emellanåt kommer det även i vårt lilla land ut ekonomiböcker som ställer intressanta frågor. Det är inte ofta, men därför också så mycket roligare när det väl händer. I boken Nationalekonomins frågor (Studentlitteratur, 2017) finns flera intressanta bidrag som behandlar relevanta och intressanta samhällsvetenskapliga problem — de i mitt tycke mest givande är de som handlar om teoritestning (kap 2), effektutvärdering (kap 3), kvinnors lönediskriminering (kap 7), skolval och...
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