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

The Consequences of Economic Rhetoric\n\nThis 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.\n\nArjo Klamer (Edited by), Donald N. McCloskey (Edited by), Robert M. Solow (Edited by)\n\n9780521342865 (SKU 3293282), Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 27 January 1989\n\n320 pages\n22.8 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.59 kg\n\n\""The Consequences of Economic Rhetoric is an important volume, marking the true beginning of what may well become a new conversation in economics. It is a valuable start but only a start; future conferences and future volumes will ultimately be required to tell the story of this conversation.\""\nD. Wade Hands, Journal of Economic Literature\n\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 be]