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This paper examines the role that creative choice, as stressed by Shackle, plays in the generation of economic value. In particular, we evaluate the relationships between creative choice, economic value and the institutional structure of an economy.
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Buchanan, J.M., Vanberg, V.J. Constitutional Implications of Radical Subjectivism. The Review of Austrian Economics 15, 121–129 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015754302238
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