Measurement and meaning in economics the essential Deirdre McCloskey /
McCloskey, Deirdre N.
Measurement and meaning in economics the essential Deirdre McCloskey / [Book] : Deirdre McCloskey ; edited and introduced by Stephen Thomas Ziliak. - Northampton, MA : Northampton, MA : E. Elgar, c2001. - xxviii, 371 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Economists of the twentieth century .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-364) and index.
A collection of the writings of Deirdre McCloskey on economic history and the rhetoric of economics. The book reflects McCloskey's evolution over time: from economist to critic; positivist to postmodernist; conventional economist to feminist economist; and man to woman. McClosky argues that economics has become ahistorical and narrowly scientific; a harmful development for a moral science. The book shows the critic's attempts to repair the dysfunctional relationship between economics and the humanities.
All.
1852788186
Economics.
Rhetoric.
330
Measurement and meaning in economics the essential Deirdre McCloskey / [Book] : Deirdre McCloskey ; edited and introduced by Stephen Thomas Ziliak. - Northampton, MA : Northampton, MA : E. Elgar, c2001. - xxviii, 371 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Economists of the twentieth century .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-364) and index.
A collection of the writings of Deirdre McCloskey on economic history and the rhetoric of economics. The book reflects McCloskey's evolution over time: from economist to critic; positivist to postmodernist; conventional economist to feminist economist; and man to woman. McClosky argues that economics has become ahistorical and narrowly scientific; a harmful development for a moral science. The book shows the critic's attempts to repair the dysfunctional relationship between economics and the humanities.
All.
1852788186
Economics.
Rhetoric.
330