Institutional Change and Projections: A Comment.
ARTHUR L. STINCHCOMBE [*] ABSTRACT. This comment is in response to Frederic L. Pryor (2000). "The Millennium Survey: How Economists View the U.S. Economy in the 21st Century." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 59 (January), pp. 3-33. The problem with projections of time...

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