Economics and Language

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ISBN: 9780415092098 | 0415092094
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Copyright: 1/19/1993

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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

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Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Exploring the Language and Rhetoric of Economics	p. 1
Rhetoric and critical theory
Two Philosophies of the Rhetoric of Economics	p. 23
The Significance of Interpretation in Economics	p. 51
Decanonizing Discourses: Textual Analysis and the History of Economic Thought	p. 64
Meaning in the Context of Bargaining Games - Narratives in Opposition	p. 85
Controversy and hedging in economics
The Debate Over Milton Friedman's Theoretical Framework: An Economist's View	p. 103
The Debate Over Milton Friedman's Theoretical Framework: An Applied Linguist's View	p. 132
How Economists Modify Propositions	p. 153
Language and the history of economic thought
Money Talks: The Rhetorical Project of the Wealth of Nations	p. 173
The Problem of Edgeworth's Style	p. 200
The Paradox of Value: Six Treatments in Search of the Reader	p. 223
Index	p. 240
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