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Economical Writing, Third Edition
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 …
Bourgeois Equality
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 …
The Cult of Statistical Significance
The Cult of Statistical Significance shows, field by field, how “statistical significance,” a technique that dominates many sciences, has been a huge mistake. The authors find that …
If You're So Smart
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 …
The Bourgeois Virtues – Ethics for an Age of Commerce
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 …
If You're So Smart
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 …
Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics
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 …
Development with Dignity
At a time when the global development industry is under more pressure than ever before, this book argues that an end to poverty can only be achieved by prioritizing human …
Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics
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 …
Bourgeois Dignity
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 …