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Private Truths, Public Lies

The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification

Timur Kuran

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$41.50 • £36.95 • €37.95

ISBN 9780674707580

Publication Date: 09/30/1997

448 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

17 line illustrations

World

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Timur Kuran is Professor of Economics and Political Science and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University.

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