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But it was discovered impossible to act any longer upon the assumptions of the abstract economic man.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “But it was discovered impossible to act any longer upon the assumptions of the abstract economic man.”
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Laski argues that the assumptions of the abstract economic man became untenable in a complex world.
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