The Rhetoric of Economics (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences)
Author: Deirdre N. McCloskey
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ISBN: 0299158144
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press (May, 1998)
Sales Rank: 74,918
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
A surprisingly useful read
Even though this isn't the intent of the book (it's a persuasive work about the role of rhetoric in economics), I found this to be a really useful read when trying to write better economics papers of my own. It's ironically better in this regard than McCloskey's more explicitly instructional books, particular "Economical Writing," because of its emphasis on ideas rather than on rules; it advances a way of thinking about economics that makes economics easier to write about. For example, to McCloskey, economic models are metaphors, and I've found that writing about an economic model as a kind of metaphor rather than as some sort of idealized version of the truth is much easier. I don't pretend to have understood all of its insights (it's a challenging read), but the ones I understood were very helpful.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Excellent Work
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