The rhetoric of economics

Author(s)

• McCloskey, Deirdre N.

Bibliographic Information

The rhetoric of economics

Deirdre N. McCloskey

（Rhetoric of the human sciences）

University of Wisconsin Press, c1998

2nd ed

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography : p. 195-217

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780299158101

Description

In this revised second edition, Deirdre McCloskey demonstrates how economic discourse employs metaphor, authority, symmetry and other rhetorical means of persuasion. "The Rhetoric of Economics" shows economists to be human persuaders and poets of the marketplace, even in their most technical and mathematical moods. It is further enhanced by three new chapters and two new bibliographies.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780299158149

Description

In this revised second edition, Deirdre McCloskey demonstrates how economic discourse employs metaphor, authority, symmetry and other rhetorical means of persuasion. ""The Rhetoric of Economics"" shows economists to be human persuaders and poets of the marketplace, even in their most technical and mathematical moods. It is further enhanced by three new chapters and two new bibliographies.

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Details

• NCID: BA35737363
• ISBN:
  • 0299158101
  • 0299158144
• LCCN: 97037740
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Madison, Wis
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 223 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HB71
  • DC21 : 330
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Economics
  • LCSH : Rhetoric
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00253870