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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 [...]
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"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)"
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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.’[...]
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Go to ORIGINAL POST: "Why life is 255 times better now than in 1800"
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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 abo[...]
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Despite recognizing the problems of an era when aristocrats and churches were responsible for most artistic expression, Deirdre McCloskey’s is one of the strongest voices today arguing that politically motivated governments should get out of subsidizing the arts.
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As Deirdre McCloskey points out about the work, Emily shows that economy is not a machine, and that social order is embedded in culture and civil society. To do this, McCloskey says, and to do this well, you need an "empirical yet Austria[...]
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I'm reading some fascinating works on writing and rhetoric in preparation for various parts of my book. Most recently I've begun Deirdre McCloskey's The Rhetoric of Economics (2nd edition, 1998, Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press), a delightful rhetorical ana[...]
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Even in the "dismal science," there are dazzling stylists. Deirdre McCloskey's Economical Writing is a treat that can benefit academics in all fields. McCloskey took Strunk and White as her model and wrote a terrific little book of her own. She does what all good wri[...]
