Publication

1999-10-20 - Routledge

Language

English

Word Count

64,750 words, Guess

Page Count

259 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780415152600
  • Open LibraryOL7484402M

Classifications

  • LCCHB71.W468 1999
  • LCCHB71 .W468 1999

Description

This volume provocatively rethinks the question of what, how and for whom economics is produced. Academic economists in the twentieth century have presumed to monopolise economic knowledge, seeing themselves as the only legitimate producers and consumers of this highly specialized commodity. This has encouraged a narrow view of economic discourse - the producer/consumer "economy" of economic knowledge - as little more than a private dialog among professionally licensed knowers. This book recasts this narrow view. Its fifteen essays highlight the range of voices (academic and non-academic) in the economic conversation, affirming "what economists know" while challenging their assumed monopoly in the marketplace of ideas. What do Economists Know? collects the reflections of leading economic theorists including Jack Amariglio, John B. Davis, Arjo Klamer, Judith Mehta, Deirdre McCloskey, David F. Ruccio and Grahame F. Thompson

First Sentence

This volume is in many ways a sequel to Deirdre McCloskey's reflexive critique of economists' philosophical absolutism (McCloskey 1985, 1990, 1994).

Subjects

Other Editions

  • What do Economists Know?: New Economics of Knowledge (Economics As Social Theory)Routledge1999-10-20

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