Some texts are ever-relevant, ever popular. Recent blog excerpts: From Mark Liberman’s “Language Log” (UPenn) April 5, 2010: For those who are interested in the sociology of economics (about which I obviously know very little), I recommend Deirdre McCloskey’s The Secret Sins of Economics. [View original entry.] And from Liberman’s September 16, 2004 archives of (more…)
“Some really interesting ideas here. A challenge to artists to represent more of the world than we typically do.” [original post] Go to referenced article: “Art, Fleeing from Capitalism: A Slightly Sublime Interview/ Conversation with Deirdre McCloskey (and Jack Amariglio)”
Go to ORIGINAL POST, “Capitalism versus the good old days” Hicks: Some wise words from Deirdre McCloskey, for those who fear that things were healthier in the good old days and that we are degrading our environment and living less authentic lives: “‘Ah, but the environment was better.’ Briefly for now, no. Consider that you (more…)
Go to ORIGINAL POST: “Why life is 255 times better now than in 1800″ Hicks: I’m reading Deirdre McCloskey’s fascinating, intriguing, and wonderfully learned The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce (University of Chicago Press, 2006). Early on McCloskey cites three statistics about progress between 1800 and now: Wealth: “The amount of goods (more…)
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Deirdre N. McCloskey is Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago; and Professor of Economic History, Gothenburg University, Sweden
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