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Economical Writing, Third Edition
Thirty-Five Rules for Clear and Persuasive Prose
Häftad, 2019
148 kr
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Economics is not a field that is known for good writing. Charts, yes. Sparkling prose, no. Except, that is, when it comes to Deirdre Nansen McCloskey. Her conversational and witty yet always clear style is a hallmark of her classic works of economic history, enlivening the dismal science and …
Crossing
A Transgender Memoir
Häftad, 2019
243 kr
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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year "I visited womanhood and stayed. It was not for the pleasures, though I discovered many I had not imagined, and many pains too. But calculating pleasures and pains was not the point. The point was who I am." Once a golden boy of conservative …
Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics
Av Deirdre N. McCloskey, George F. DeMartino
E-bok, 2016
1705 kr
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For over a century the economics profession has extended its reach to encompass policy formation and institutional design while largely ignoring the ethical challenges that attend the profession''s influence over the lives of others. Economists have proven to be disinterested in ethics. Embracing …
Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics
Av Deirdre N. McCloskey, George F. DeMartino
E-bok, 2016
1705 kr
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For over a century the economics profession has extended its reach to encompass policy formation and institutional design while largely ignoring the ethical challenges that attend the profession''s influence over the lives of others. Economists have proven to be disinterested in ethics. Embracing …
The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics
Av George F. DeMartino, Deirdre N. McCloskey
Inbunden, 2016
2719 kr
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For over a century the economics profession has extended its reach to encompass policy formation and institutional design while largely ignoring the ethical challenges that attend the profession's influence over the lives of others. Economists have proven to be disinterested in ethics. Embracing …
Bourgeois Equality
How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World
Häftad, 2017
349 kr
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There's little doubt that most humans today are better off than their forebears. Stunningly so, the economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey argues in the concluding volume of her trilogy celebrating the oft-derided virtues of the bourgeoisie. The poorest of humanity, McCloskey shows, will soon be …
Bourgeois Virtues – Ethics for an Age of Commerce
Häftad, 2007
263 kr
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For a century and a half the artists and intellectuals of Europe have scorned the bourgeoisie. And for a millennium and a half the philosophers and theologians of Europe have scorned the marketplace. The bourgeois life, capitalism, Mencken's "booboisie," and David Brooks' "bobos" all have been, and …
Bourgeois Dignity
Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World
Inbunden, 2010
483 kr
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The big economic story of our times is not the Great Recession. It is how China and India began to embrace neoliberal ideas of economics and attributed a sense of dignity and liberty to the bourgeoisie they had denied for so long. The result was an explosion in economic growth and proof that …
If You're So Smart
The Narrative of Economic Expertise
Inbunden, 1990
483 kr
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In this witty, accessible, and revealing book, 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 …
If You're So Smart
The Narrative of Economic Expertise
Häftad, 1992
254 kr
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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 …
Bourgeois Dignity
Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World
Häftad, 2011
263 kr
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The big economic story of our times is not the Great Recession. It is how China and India began to embrace neoliberal ideas of economics and attributed a sense of dignity and liberty to the bourgeoisie they had denied for so long. The result was an explosion in economic growth and proof that …
Rhetoric of Economics
Häftad, 1998
283 kr
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In this revised second edition, Deirdre McCloskey demonstrates how economic discourse employs metaphor, authority, symmetry and other rhetorical means of persuasion. ""The Rhetoric of Economics"" shows economists to be human persuaders and poets of the marketplace, even in their most technical and …
Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics
Inbunden, 1994
2314 kr
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Is economics a science? Deidre McCloskey says 'Yes, but'. Yes, economics measures and predicts, but - like other sciences - it uses literary methods too. Economists use stories as geologists do, and metaphors as physicists do. The result is that the sciences, economics among them, must be read as …
Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics
Häftad, 1994
720 kr
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Is economics a science? Deidre McCloskey says 'Yes, but'. Yes, economics measures and predicts, but - like other sciences - it uses literary methods too. Economists use stories as geologists do, and metaphors as physicists do. The result is that the sciences, economics among them, must be read as …
Measurement and Meaning in Economics
The Essential Deirdre McCloskey
Av Deirdre N. McCloskey, Stephen T. Ziliak
Häftad, 2002
594 kr
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This essential book collects together, for the first time, the writings of Deirdre McCloskey on economic history and the rhetoric of economics. The essays have been presented to show McCloskey's evolution over time: from economist to critic, positivist to postmodernist, conventional economist to …
Measurement and Meaning in Economics
The Essential Deirdre McCloskey
Av Deirdre N. McCloskey, Stephen T. Ziliak
Inbunden, 2001
2607 kr
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This essential book collects together, for the first time, the writings of Deirdre McCloskey on economic history and the rhetoric of economics. The essays have been presented to show McCloskey's evolution over time: from economist to critic, positivist to postmodernist, conventional economist to …
Liberalism : frihet, jämlikhet, välstånd
Kartonnage, 2020
2,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
200 kr
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Det är den bästa vägen till inte bara individuell frihet och samhälleligt välstånd utan också till ökad jämlikhet. Vill vi skydda oss från fattigdom och förtryck behöver vi värna arvet från John Locke, Adam Smith, Voltaire och Mary Wollstonecraft. I en tid där liberalismen förses med krisstämpel …
Bourgeois Virtues
Ethics for an Age of Commerce
Inbunden, 2006
483 kr
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For a century and a half, the artists and intellectuals of Europe have scorned the bourgeoisie. And for a millennium and a half, the philosophers and theologians of Europe have scorned the marketplace. The bourgeois life, capitalism, Mencken's "booboisie" and David Brooks's "bobos" - all have been, …
Rhetoric of Economics
Inbunden, 1998
409 kr
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In this revised second edition, Deirdre McCloskey demonstrates how economic discourse employs metaphor, authority, symmetry and other rhetorical means of persuasion. "The Rhetoric of Economics" shows economists to be human persuaders and poets of the marketplace, even in their most technical and …
