The Rhetoric of Economics

Author: Deirdre N. McCloskey
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299158136
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
A classic in its field, this pathbreaking book humanized the scientific rhetoric of economics to reveal its literary soul. Economics needs to admit that it, like other sciences, works with metaphors and stories. Its most mathematical and statistical moments are properly dominated by comparison and narration, that is to say, human persuasion. The book was McCloskey's opening move in the development of a "humanomics," and unification of the sciences and the humanities on the field of ordinary business life.

McCloskey's Rhetoric

Author: Benjamin Balak
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415316828
Category : Discourse ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
This unique book examines the use of rhetoric in economics, focusing on the work of one of the discipline's most recognizable names; Deirdre McCloskey. It analyzes her major texts and evaluates their methodological and philosophical consequences.

The Consequences of Economic Rhetoric

Author: Arjo Klamer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521342865
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
The papers in this volume are drawn from a recent conference at Wellesley College for both theoretical and applied economists, which explored the consequences of rhetoric and conversation within the field of economics.

Selling the Free Market

Author: James Arnt Aune
Publisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 9781572307575
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
While accusations of "political correctness" are frequently raised aga inst liberals, there has been surprisingly little discussion of how co nservatives foment the use of their own "economically correct" languag e. In this engaging book, James Arnt Aune examines how the rhetoric of the free market has become the everyday language of political debate in America and around the world. He illuminates the inner logic of fre e-market ideas, using rhetorical theory as an analytical tool. In the process, Aune confronts head on what he sees as the most serious flaw of economic correctnessyits destructive impact on the lives of million s of working people and families.

Reality and Rhetoric

Author: P. T. Bauer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674749474
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Reality and Rhetoric is the culmination of P. T. Bauer's observations and reflections on Third World economies over a period of thirty years. He critically examines the central issues of market versus centrally planned economies, industrial development, official direct and multinational resource transfers to the Third World, immigration policy in the Third World, and economic methodology. In addition, he has written a fascinating account of recent papal doctrine on income inequality and redistribution in the Third World. The major themes that emerge are the importance of non-economic variables, particularly people's aptitudes and mores, to economic growth; the unfortunate results of some current methods of economics; the subtle but important effects of the exchange economy on development; and the politicization of economic life in the Third World. As in Bauer's previous writings, this book is marked by elegant prose, apt examples, a broad economic-historical perspective, and the masterful use of informal reasoning.

The Rhetoric of the Human Sciences

Author: John S. Nelson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780299110208
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 470

Book Description
Opening with an overview of the renewal of interest in rhetoric for inquiries of all kinds, this volume addresses rhetoric in individual disciplines - mathematics, anthropology, psychology, economics, sociology, political science and history. Drawing from recent literary theory, it suggests the contribution of the humanities to the rhetoric of inquiry and explores communications beyond the academy, particulary in women's issues, religion and law. The final essays speak from the field of communication studies, where the study of rhetoric usually makes its home.

Platform Economics

Author: Cristiano Codagnone
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1787438090
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Platform Economics tackles head on the rhetoric surrounding the so-called 'sharing economy' which has muddied public debate and has contributed to a lack of policy and regulatory intervention.

If You're So Smart

Author: Deirdre N. McCloskey
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226556703
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
In this witty, accessible, and revealing book, Deirdre McCloskey demystifies economic theory and practice to show that behind the economists claim to certainty is the ancient art of storytelling. If You're So Smart will engage, enlighten, and empower anyone trying to evaluate the experts who stand ready to engineer our lives. "Writing with delicious wit and great seriousness."—Publishers Weekly. " "McCloskey is more interesting on an uninspired day than most of her peers can manage at their very best."—Peter Passell, New York Times

Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics

Author: Deirdre N. McCloskey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521436038
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468

Book Description
Argues that economics is a science, but a human science: a witty guide to the ins and outs of economic philosophy.

Measurement and Meaning in Economics

Author: Deirdre N. McCloskey
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781852788186
Category : Econometrics
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A collection of writings on economic history and the rhetoric of economics. McCloskey (human sciences, U. of Illinois, Chicago) argues that economics has become ahistorical and narrowly scientific--a harmful development for a moral science; she has declared that economics would improve if economists would read more novels. The papers here, spanning the 1970s, '80s and '90s, work toward exploring and repairing the dysfunctional relationship between economics and the humanities. c. Book News Inc.