The Consequences of Economic RhetoricArjo Klamer, Deirdre N. McCloskey, Robert M. Solow The field of economics proves to be a matter of metaphor and storytelling--its mathematics is metaphoric and its policymaking is narrative. Economists have begun to realize this and to rethink how they speak. This volume is the result of a conference held at Wellesley College, involving both theoretical and applied economists, that explored the consequences of the rhetoric and the conversation of the field of economics. |
Contents
Economics in the human conversation | 3 |
Ideology of gender in economic | 12 |
Comments from outside economics | 21 |
Comments from inside economics | 31 |
Rhetoric and ideology | 38 |
Marxian theory and the rhetorics of economics | 47 |
The social and historical context | 64 |
The ideas of economists | 85 |
On the brittleness of the orange equilibrium | 146 |
Rhetorical aspects of statistical | 163 |
Philosopher | 207 |
The grammar of political economy | 221 |
The rhetoric of economics as viewed by a student of politics | 240 |
Negotiating a new conversation about economics | 265 |
The consequences of rhetoric | 280 |
Other contributors and participants | 295 |
Should a scientist abstain from metaphor? | 100 |
Shall I compare thee to a MinkowskiRicardoLeontiefMetzler | 117 |
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The Consequences of Economic Rhetoric Arjo Klamer,Donald N. McCloskey,Robert M. Solow No preview available - 2006 |
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