Name: Bettering Humanomics: A New, and Old, Approach to Economic Science
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Author: Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
ISBN: 9780226765921

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Bettering Humanomics: A New, and Old, Approach to Economic Science

Type

Physical Book

Author

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

Publisher

University Of Chicago Pr.

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

144

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780226765921

Edition No.

Synopsis "Bettering Humanomics: A New, and Old, Approach to Economic Science "

Economic historian Deirdre Nansen McCloskey has distinguished herself through her writing on the Great Enrichment and the betterment of the poor―not just materially but spiritually. In Bettering Humanomics she continues her intellectually playful yet rigorous analysis with a focus on humans rather than the institutions. Going against the grain of contemporary neo-institutional and behavioral economics which privilege observation over understanding, she asserts her vision of “humanomics,” which draws on the work of Bart Wilson, Vernon Smith, and most prominently, Adam Smith. She argues for an economics that uses a comprehensive understanding of human action beyond behaviorism. McCloskey clearly articulates her points of contention with believers in “imperfections,” from Samuelson to Stiglitz, claiming that they have neglected scientific analysis in their haste to diagnose the ills of the system. In an engaging and erudite manner, she reaffirms the global successes of market-tested betterment and calls for empirical investigation that advances from material incentives to an awareness of the human within historical and ethical frameworks. Bettering Humanomics offers a critique of contemporary economics and a proposal for an economics as a better human science.

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey (born September 11, 1942 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American economist and historian. She studied Economics at Harvard and has been a distinguished professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago, teaching Economics, History, English, and Communication.

Among her most notable works are "The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce" (2006), "Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World" (2010), and "Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World" (2016). These books belong to the genre of economic history and economic philosophy. Additionally, she has received honorary doctorates from several institutions, including the University of Gothenburg and the National University of Ireland in Galway.

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