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Book Title: What We Owe Each OTHER : a New Social Contract Fora Better Society
Item Length: 8in.
Item Width: 5.2in.
Author: Minouche Shafik
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Public Finance, Public Policy / Social Policy, Economic Conditions, Political, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Economics / Theory
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2022
Genre: Business & Economics, Philosophy, Political Science
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
