Description
First published in 1993. The importance of language in economics has been neglected and dominated by techniques from other disciplines. This looks at the wider methological implications of language within economics in a practical and theoretical way.
Table of Contents
Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I EXPLORING THE LANGUAGE AND RHETORIC OF ECONOMICS /Roger Backkouse, Tony Dudley-Evans and Willie Henderson -- Part I Rhetoric and critical theory -- 2 TWO PHILOSOPHIES OF THE RHETORIC OF ECONOMICS /Uskali Miiki -- 3 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERPRETATION IN ECONOMICS /Bill Gerrard -- 4 DECANONIZING DISCOURSES: TEXTUAL ANALYSIS AND THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT /Vivienne Brown -- 5 MEANING IN THE CONTEXT OF BARGAINING GAMES - NARRATIVES IN OPPOSITION /Judith Mehta -- Part II Controversy and hedging in economics -- 6 THE DEBATE OVER MILTON FRIEDMAN'S THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: AN ECONOMIST'S VIEW /Roger Backkouse -- 7 THE DEBATE OVER MILTON FRIEDMAN'S THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.: AN APPLIED LINGUIST'S VIEW /Tony Dudley-Evans -- 8 HOW ECONOMISTS MODIFY PROPOSITIONS /Meriel Bloor and Thomas Bloor -- Part III Language and the history of economic thought -- 9 MONEY TALKS: THE RHETORICAL PROJECT OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS /Charles Ba,zerman -- 10 THE PROBLEM OF EDGEWORTH'S STYLE /Willie Henderson -- 11 THE PARADOX OF VALUE: SIX TREATMENTS IN SEARCH OF THE READER /John M. Swales -- Index.
