If you're so smart : the narrative of economic expertise /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCloskey, Deirdre N.
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Telling stories economically
  • 2. Plot and genre in economics
  • 3. The politics of stories in historical economics
  • 4. Economic rhetoric in aid of the story line
  • 5. The scholar's story
  • 6. Metaphor against the story: chaos and counterfactuals
  • 7. The poetics and economics of magic
  • 8. The American question: If you're so smart why ain't you rich?
  • 9. The limits of criticism
  • 10. Keeping the company of economists
  • 11. The Common Weal and economic stories.