The Consequences of economic rhetoric

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Klamer, Arjo (-), McCloskey, Deirdre N., Solow, Robert M.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press 1988.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Economics in the human conversation / Arjo Klamer and Donald N. McCloskey
  • Comments from outside economics / Stanley Fish
  • Comments from inside economics / Robert M. Solow
  • Rhetoric and ideology / Robert L. Heilbroner
  • Marxian theory and the rhetorics of economics / Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff
  • Economic rhetoric : the social and historical context / A.W. Coats
  • The ideas of economists / Robert W. Clower
  • Should a scientist abstain from metaphor? / Cristina Bicchieri
  • Shall I compare thee to a Minkowski-Ricardo-Leontief-Metzler matrix of the Mosak-Hicks type? : or, rhetoric, mathematics, and the nature of neoclassical economic theory / Philip Mirowski
  • On the brittleness of the orange equilibrium / E. Roy Weintraub.
  • The significance of significance : rhetorical aspects of statistical hypothesis testing in economics / Frank T. Denton
  • The rhetoric of self-interest : ideology of gender in economic theory / Nancy Folbre and Heidi Hartmann
  • The heterogeneity of the economists' discourse : philosopher, priest, and hired gun / Craufurd D. Goodwin
  • The grammar of political economy / James K. Galbraith
  • The rhetoric of economics as viewed by a student of politics / Robert O. Keohane
  • Yellow rain and supply-side economics : some rhetoric that failed / David Warsh
  • Negotiating a new conversation about economics / Arjo Klamer
  • The consequences of rhetoric / Donald N. McCloskey.