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Bettering humanomics : a new, and old, approach to economic science

Title
Bettering humanomics : a new, and old, approach to economic science / Deirdre Nansen McCloskey.
Author
McCloskey, Deirdre N.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2021.

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1 online resource.
Subject
  • Economics > Philosophy
  • Economics > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Economics > Sociological aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
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  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
The proposal. Humanomics and liberty promise better economic science ; Adam Smith practiced humanomics, and so should we ; Economic history illustrates the problems with nonhumanomics ; An economic science needs the humanities ; It's merely a matter of common sense and intellectual free trade ; After all, sweet talk rules a free economy ; Therefore we should walk on both feet, like Ludwig Lachmann ; That is, economics needs theories of human minds beyond behaviorism -- The killer app. The killer app of humanomics is the evidence that the great enrichment came from ethics and rhetoric ; The dignity of liberalism did it ; Ideas, not incentives, underlie it ; Even as to time and location ; The word's the thing -- The doubts. Doubts by analytic philosophers about the killer app are not persuasive ; Nor by sociologists or political philosophers ; Nor even by economic historians.
ISBN
  • 9780226766089 (electronic bk.)
  • 022676608X (electronic bk.)
OCLC
ebd870618626
Author
McCloskey, Deirdre N., author.
Title
Bettering humanomics : a new, and old, approach to economic science / Deirdre Nansen McCloskey.
Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on print version record.
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Original 9780226765921 022676592X 022677144X 9780226771441 (DLC) 2020048862
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