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“So we would give Mr. Martel The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce by Deirdre McCloskey, so he would know how it feels to be on the receiving end of didactic intent.”

February 4th, 2011

The Globe and Mail, “A gift list for Yann Martel,” 4 Feb. 2011

“Innovation as the Modern Differentiator”: Justin Katz points to a review of Bourgeois Dignity by James Bennett

February 20th, 2011

Original entry » Justin Katz in the blog Anchor Rising, 25 Jan. 2011: “In another (sadly) subscription-only National Review article, James Bennett reviews a book by Deirdre McCloskey in which innovation takes center stage in the explanation of the modern West: Her thesis is that, in the decades prior to England’s rapid takeoff into the (more…)

“The Dignity Thing”

February 24th, 2011

As introduction to viewing a copy of the lecture at the Mercatus Center on Bourgeois Dignity, The Student Network for Human Security say, “So many times we have heard that human security is about dignity, but what is that? Economic historian Deirdre McCloskey has an idea that is worth considering. Enjoy.” Posted 23 Feb. 2011. (more…)

“Deirdre McCloskey has written two incredible books … One of her astute arguments is that market orders in fact inculcate the very virtues of trust, fellow-feeling, etc.”

March 10th, 2011

Quote is in reference to McCloskey’s Bourgeois Virtues and Bourgeois Dignity. Read more at “Markets as Public Goods, Part II” in The Unbroken Window blog by economist Michael Rizzo, 8 March 2011.

“Mr. Cohen and [happiness] researchers should read Bourgeois Dignity (2010) – the latest book by economist/ historian/ linguist/ rhetorician/ philosopher Deirdre McCloskey.”

March 16th, 2011

See article in Before It’s News (15 March 2011) concerning a response to “The Happynomics of Life” by Roger Cohen (New York Times, 13 March 2011)

“Was 1800 (approximately) a pivotal year in human history? Robert Fogel, Francis Fukuyama, and Deirdre McCloskey all seem to think so”

May 2nd, 2011

See blog entry from The Dangerous Economist by Cyril Morong. Morong cites William Easterly’s interview with Deirdre in AidWatch: “Don’t be snobbish towards merchants & entrepreneurs, and you’ll develop.“

On the video, “Why Become an Economist?” Stephen Kinsella says, “Nice collection of interviews, but nothing will top Deirdre McCloskey’s How to be Human* *Though an Economist.”

June 16th, 2011

- Kinsella’s entry and the interviews (posted 16 June 2011). – Deirdre’s recently updated books page.

Steve Kates reacts to review of Bourgeois Dignity

June 20th, 2011

“Success in a Commercial Society is a Victimless Crime,” Steve Kates, Catallaxy Files, 20 June 2011.


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