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Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can’t Explain the Modern World is a 2010 book by economist and social theorist Deirdre McCloskey that is the second of a six-book series laying out the thesis that a change in the rhetoric surrounding the value of business, innovation, and entrepreneurship was the main factor responsible for the takeoff of economic growth in Northwest Europe in the late 18th century.[1][2] Bourgeois Dignity focuses on arguing that there was a fairly significant and unprecedented takeoff of economic growth, and that existing explanations for this takeoff are inadequate.[3][4] McCloskey provides a rough outline for why she thinks that the changes in rhetoric surrounding the dignity of business and markets were crucial, but leaves the elaborate case for later books in the series.[4]
Reception
Promotion
Around the time of the book release, National Review published an interview of McCloskey.[5] McCloskey has also given lengthy talks on the themes of the book, some of which can be found online.[6][7]
A June 2013 event at the
Book reviews
Shortly prior to the release of the book, the themes of the book were discussed in the
Henry Clark of Clemson University reviewed the book for the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics.[14] Clark's review emphasized that McCloskey's case was not yet complete and that McCloskey would need to successfully address a number of issues (that he listed) in order to convince people of her thesis. Clark also noted the similarity between McCloskey's book and Steven Pinker's book The Better Angels of Our Nature on the decline of violence.[14]
Hugo Mercier of the University of Pennsylvania wrote a mixed review of the book for the International Cognition and Culture Institute, to which McCloskey wrote a lengthy response.[15]
Sandra Peart reviewed the book for The Freeman.[16] Peart praised McCloskey's arguments and said she eagerly awaits the next book of the series to understand McCloskey's argument better.
Diane Coyle wrote a mixed but generally favorable review of the book for the New Statesman.[17]
Arthur (Art) Diamond wrote a mixed but generally favorable review of the book.
References
- ISBN 978-0226556741.
- ^ McCloskey, Deirdre. "On The Bourgeois Era, and Articles Relevant to It". Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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- ^ a b McCloskey, Deirdre (September 4, 2009). "The Argument of Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World". The Prudentia Journal. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Needed: An Economics for Grownups Around 1700, a new way of speaking about commerce gave birth to the modern world". National Review. November 22, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Deirdre McCloskey Video". GMU Economics Society. February 10, 2011. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ "How Markets and Innovation Became Ethical and Then Suspect". Cato Institute. June 20, 2013.
- ^ Cato Unbound. October 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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- Boudreaux, Donald (Winter 2012). "Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World by Deirdre McCloskey". The Independent Review, The Independent Institute. Retrieved February 2, 2014.)
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(help - ^ a b Clark, Henry (Autumn 2011). "Review of Deirdre N. McCloskey's Bourgeois dignity: why economics can't explain the modern world. Chicago (IL): University of Chicago Press, 2010, 592 pp" (PDF). Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics. 4 (2): 83–88.
- ^ Mercier, Hugo (December 12, 2010). "Review of Bourgeois Dignity: "What doesn't explain the industrial revolution," with a reply from McCloskey". Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ Peart, Sandra (May 30, 2012). "BOOK REVIEW: Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World". The Freeman. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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(help) - ^ Coyle, Diane (January 30, 2011). "Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World". New Statesman. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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(help) - ^ Diamond, Arthur. "McCloskey's Great Fact" (PDF). Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ Lowry, Rich (December 3, 2010). "Is 'Capitalism' Really Capitalism?". National Review. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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(help) - ^ Morriss, Andrew. "The Bourgeois Revaluation" (PDF). Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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