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alt="Econometrica" data-qa="cover-image"> </pharos-link> </div> <div class="turnaway-content__article-summary-info"> <div class="badge content-type-label" data-qa="content-type"> journal article </div> <turnaway-pharos-heading no-margin="true" class="title-font" level="1" preset="5"> Tragedies in the Life of Cournot </turnaway-pharos-heading> <div class="author-font"> A. 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