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'BOULDER, Feb. 26, 2002: Internationally Known Economist to Speak at CU-Boulder March 8'

Posted February 26th, 2002 by Journal staff in Agenda | No Comments »

February 26, 2002 View original notice from CU-Boulder Deirdre McCloskey, a well-known economist once known as Donald, will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Friday, March 8, at 3:30 p.m. in the Eaton Humanities Building, room 1B50. McCloskey, who is a professor of economics, [...]

'CHICAGO, January 5-7, 2007: Discussant, “Remembering Robert L. Heilbroner, Social Economist,” Association for Social Economics'

Posted January 4th, 2007 by Journal staff in Agenda | No Comments »

Friday, January 5: Session Title: "Remembering Robert L. Heilbroner, Social Economist" Discussant: Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois, Chicago and Rotterdam University View program [...]

'About Deirdre McCloskey'

Posted January 30th, 2007 by Journal staff in Personal | 2 Comments »

"I'm an economist but also teach and write on history, English, communication, philosophy, art and cultural studies. As May West might put it, "I was Snow White . . . but I drifted!" Until 1995 I was named---and was---"Donald." Raised in Boston, I've worked always in the Midwest, at the Universities[...]

'Sandra Paulsen writes:'

Posted March 7th, 2007 by Journal staff in Gender Crossing, Personal | 1 Comment »

Hi Deirdre! I still remember when you told me, in Oslo, during the IAFFE Conference 2001, that your kids didn't have any contact with you. Anyway, as I see, you are doing great! I am happy to visit your new website and to be able to, somehow, keep in touch with you. In case you don't remember me,[...]

'Stephen Kinsella writes:'

Posted March 19th, 2007 by Journal staff in Writing | 3 Comments »

Prof. McCloskey, We have never met, but I’d like use the comments section of your blog to thank you for writing “Other things equal: Aunt Deirdre’s letter to a graduate student”. It changed my life. I had just completed a 3 paper-theorem-proof standard issue thesis. By chance, I read your a[...]

'Bourgeois Towns:
How Capitalism Became Virtuous, 1300-1776
Table of Contents'

Posted April 10th, 2007 by Deirdre McCloskey in Bourgeois Towns, The Bourgeois Era | 2 Comments »

Dear Reader: Thank you for putting up with this, some draft chapters from a book manuscript — to be published, Deo volente, by the University of Chicago Press, perhaps in 2009. Any form of comment you find convenient has my thanks. It would be useful for example if you gave me your copy of [...]

'Cristina writes:'

Posted April 11th, 2007 by Journal staff in Teaching, Website | 1 Comment »

Dear Prof. McCloskey, I absolutely love your website! Thanks for all the information that you share. I can’t wait for the opportunity to take one of your courses. I have so many questions for you…especially since my dissertation in economics focuses on the auto industry and England. Many g[...]

'Introduction'

Posted April 11th, 2007 by Deirdre McCloskey in Bourgeois Towns, The Bourgeois Era | 6 Comments »

How One Might See the Coming of a Bourgeois Ideology An earlier book, The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Capitalism (2006), argued that a businessperson can be ethical without abandoning her business. The seven primary virtues of any human life — prudence, temperance, justice, cour[...]
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