books by Deirdre McCloskey

books by Deirdre McCloskey

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Deirdre McCloskey

The Vices of Economists; The Virtues of the Bourgeoisie

Deirdre N. McCloskey

Amsterdam University Press, 1997

Profound and Important
Deirdre McCloskey's little volume, The Vices of Economists-The Virtues of the Bourgeoisie, is a gem. Nothing less. Although it is short, it bulges with deep and important insights; although it is aimed principally at an audience of professional economists, it is ...

Crossing: A Memoir

Deirdre N. McCloskey

University Of Chicago Press, 2000

A Good Read, Illustrative
This is a great read. There aren't many trannsexual memoirs as honest and riveting as McCloskey's whirlwind tour, from married heterosexual to avowed transsexual. My main complaint is straightforward. This memoir does not elaborate on contemporary scientific ...

The Rhetoric of Economics (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences)

Deirdre N. McCloskey

University of Wisconsin Press, 1998

Better than the average monkey
I first read this book as an undergrad economist, well over 10 years ago now. I discovered the book, in the course of writing about the evolution of the Phillips curve. What the Phillips curve offered, initially at least, was the embodiment of empirically-based ...

The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives (Economics, ...

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, Steve Ziliak

University of Michigan Press, 2008

Oh so needed!
The message that I took from this book was two fold: 1) Queries into existence (does a relationship exist?) are metaphysical, not scientific. 2) Looking to the statistical significance of a relationship must be coupled with a look at the magnitude of the ...

If You're So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise

Deirdre N. McCloskey

University Of Chicago Press, 1990

I don't know any rich economist, do you?
This book is great! McCloskey explains, with an easy to read style, but without losing the rigor on the content, how the economists tell stories to persuade the public, politicians and their colleagues. With a witty approach, McCloskey proves that economists aren't ...

The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce

Deirdre N. McCloskey

University Of Chicago Press, 2007

Heartfelt clearheadedness
If you think you have read already a lot about economical, societal, philosophical, psychological, ethical themes and topics, this book will make you feel humble - the depth and breadth of Deirdre McCloskeys reading, thinking, and I found unprecented. The classic ...

Economical Writing, Second Edition

Deirdre McCloskey

Waveland Pr Inc, 1999

Required reading for all researchers
Academic writing is bad and getting worse. Well-written research is so rare that it stands out. If you want people to read your work, improve your writing. McCloskey explains how. The book has the highest useful information-to-page ratio I've seen.

How to be Human*: *Though an Economist

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

University of Michigan Press, 2000

Great Light Reading on Heavy Topics
This book is a collection of short articles published previously, all for the generalist economist. McCloskey skewers mainstream economics for its insular habits, woeful statistical techniques, and inability to change. I found all of the essays provocative. The style ...

The Applied Theory of Price

Deirdre N McCloskey

Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1982

Get this back in print!
This is the best university text on traditional microeconomics in the English language. Its only rival is George Stigler's "Price Theory". Written with wit and humor by a masterful writer. McCloskey is not a theorist or a failed mathematician; he is a historian and a ...

Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics

Deirdre N. McCloskey

Cambridge University Press, 1994

constructive and convincing on economics as a science
As an macro-economist interested in methodology of economics and the philosophy of science, i found McCloskey's book instructive and interesting. Especially the central role of language in science (as in all other human communication or, rather, persuasion), with ...

The Economic History of Britain since 1700 3 volume set

Cambridge University Press, 1994

An economic history of Britain since 1700, in three volumes by thirty-nine eminent historians and economists, this book will succeed the first edition of "Floud and McCloskey" (published in 1981) as the leading textbook on its subject. The text has a firm economic basis, but emphasizes the historical context and chronology and is written in ...

The Rhetoric of Economics
Deirdre N. McCloskey

Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 1998

Measurement and Meaning in Economics: The Essential Deirdre McCloskey (Economists of the Twentieth Century ...

Edward Elgar Pub, 2003

This essential book, now available in paperback, collects 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 feminist economist, man to woman. Measurement and ...

Creative Destruction vs. the New Industrial State: the "embedded" capitalism of Joseph Schumpeter and John ...
Deirdre N. McCloskey

Thomson Gale, 2007

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How Language is Used to Do Business: Essays on the Rhetoric of Economics

Edwin Mellen Press, 2008

This edited volume of papers on rhetoric and economics grew out of an interdisciplinary conference held at Millikin University in the summer of 2005. Drawing on economist Deirdre McCloskey's pioneering work, "The Rhetoric of Economics", the essays seek to integrate the analytic study of language use in economic theory with an appreciation for its ...