The Consequences of Economic Rhetoric by Arjo Klamer, Donald ... - 9780521342865

The Consequences of Economic RhetoricAuthor(s): Arjo Klamer, Donald N. McCloskey, Robert M. Solow\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521342865, 978-0521342865\nSynopsis\nThe 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.