Desktop versionMobile version

« Si vous êtes si malins… ». McCloskey et la rhétorique des sciences économiques

Suivi de : La réthorique des sciences économiques (Deirdre N. McCloskey)

Translated by Frédéric Regard

In 1983, the august Journal of Economic Literature published an article which could only be described as iconoclastic. Written by an author who, up to that time, had been known for her classic works in the field of quantitative economic history, the paper discusses the rhetoric used by economists. D. N. McCloskey states, among other things, that the study of economic texts stems primarily from literary criticism; that mathematical models, highly valued by economists, are essentially metaph...


Read more
  • Publisher : ENS Éditions
  • Series : Feuillets : économie politique moderne
  • Place of publication : Lyon
  • Year of publication : 2004
  • Published on OpenEdition Books : 30 janvier 2014
  • EAN (Print version) : 978-2-84788-059-5
  • Electronic EAN : 978-2-84788-443-2
  • DOI : 10.4000/books.enseditions.1178
  • Number of pages : 128 p.

The text and other elements (illustrations, imported files) may be used under OpenEdition Books License, unless otherwise stated.

Search OpenEdition Search

You will be redirected to OpenEdition Search