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Title: THE CONSEQUENCES OF ECONOMIC RHETORIC
By: Arjo Klamer (Editor), Donald N. McCloskey (Editor), Robert M. Solow (Editor)
Format: Hardback

List price: £100.00


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ISBN 10: 0521342864
ISBN 13: 9780521342865
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 27 January, 1989
Pages: 320
Description: This volume is the result of a conference held at Wellesley College, involving both theoretical and applied economists, that explored the consequences of the rhetoric and the conversation of the field of economics.
Synopsis: The field of economics proves to be a matter of metaphor and storytelling - its mathematics is metaphoric and its policy-making is narrative. Economists have begun to realize this and to rethink how they speak. This volume is the result of a conference held at Wellesley College, involving both theoretical and applied economists, that explored the consequences of the rhetoric and the conversation of the field of economics.
Illustrations: 1 line diagram, appendices
Publication: UK
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Returns: Returnable
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