Donald McCloskey: If You're So Smart...
Today, I've just started to read this.
McCloskey says that economics, as all sciences, just tells stories, like any other science, art or literature. He (he at the time of writing the book, she now) dismisses the modernist's idea of universality of science. All arts and sciencies just tell stories and use metaphors. The fact that economics relies mostly on logic and facts, does not imply it universality. In fact, economics lacks metaphors and ... - to operate with the complete tethrad of rhetorics.
I will continue reading.. . during lunch breaks.... :-)))
McCloskey says that economics, as all sciences, just tells stories, like any other science, art or literature. He (he at the time of writing the book, she now) dismisses the modernist's idea of universality of science. All arts and sciencies just tell stories and use metaphors. The fact that economics relies mostly on logic and facts, does not imply it universality. In fact, economics lacks metaphors and ... - to operate with the complete tethrad of rhetorics.
I will continue reading.. . during lunch breaks.... :-)))

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