McCloskey's Rhetoric : : discourse ethics in economics / / Benjamin Balak.
The rhetoric of economics has long claimed scientific objectivity, however the late, great economist Joan Robinson argued that 'the purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.' Th...
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : Taylor & Francis,, 2006. |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 142 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 Exordium: The Rhetoric of Economics
- chapter 2 Narration: McCloskey's Critiques of Economics
- chapter 3 Division: the Mäki diagnosis
- chapter 4 Proof: The Rhetoric of Truth
- chapter 5 Refutation: Beyond Ethical Neutrality
- chapter 7 Peroration: The (Lowercase-t) Truth About McCloskey.