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Nature 420, 605 (12 December 2002) | doi:10.1038/420605c
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To understand why many physical scientists regard economists with scepticism, one need look no further than the Concepts essay on discounting ("An eye on the future" Nature 419, 673–674; 2002) by L. H.
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