The Consequences of Economic Rhetoric

Book Overview

The field of economics proves to be a matter of metaphor and storytelling--its mathematics is metaphoric and its policymaking 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521342864
• ISBN13: 9780521342865
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.5"