“Deirdre McCloskey’s Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics is probably the most important academic book I ever read.”
So says a Finn on his blog at http://finglish.livejournal.com, 26 January 2010.
The quote was excerpted from:
Luckily there was also time [while a student] to read more interesting stuff. Deirdre McCloskey’s Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics is probably the most important academic book I ever read – here is an economist who discusses Aristotle, statistics, French sociology of science, Austrian philosophy of science, and quotes from Jane Austen …
