She had a phd in economics from harvard, having trained under the legendary economic historian alexander gerschenkron and was a tenured professor at the university of chicagoat that time, perhaps the most important university worldwide in terms of its generational impact. Mccloskey was born donald mccloskey and lived as a man until the age of 53. Thirtyfive rules for clear and persuasive prose chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing pdf. Most people who write a lot, as do economists, have an amateurish atti tude towards writing. Somewhere around 1980, deirdre mccloskey undertook a decisive break with her intellectual past. Jul 14, 2019 economical writing mccloskey pdf economic inquiry volume 23, issue 2 economic inquiry banner. The main cause of bad writing in economics is that economists dont read. Economical writing mccloskey summaries 110 free download as word doc.
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Her thirtyone rules, offered with wit and delightful brevity, include the essential warning that though rules can help, bad rules hurt. Top ten rules of economical writing college of saint. Wick, and barbara yerkes have favored me with comments. Economical writing mccloskey 1985 economic inquiry. Deirdre mccloskeys economical writing, originally aimed to help economists write better, is in this second edition clearly a book that should be read by scholars in every field.
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Economical writing, third edition university of chicago press. Deirdre nansen mccloskey born september 11, 1942 in ann arbor, michigan is the distinguished professor of economics, history, english, and communication at the university of illinois at chicago uic. Thirtyfive rules for clear and persuasive prose chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing deirdre n. Main economical writing, economical writing, deirdre mccloskey. If economists would read jane austen or george orwell, or even adam smith or thomas schelling, in bulk, daily, habitually, they would improve. If we all followed such manuals to the letter, wed all sound alike, and. Economical writing mccloskey summaries 110 rhetoric. Mccloskey, donald, economical writing, economic inquiry, 23. Department of economics and of history, university of iowa. Read economical writing, third edition by deirdre n.
A valuable short guide for mastering the craft of academic writing. Economic inquiry volume 23, issue 2 economic inquiry banner. A guide to writing in economics prepared by paul dudenhefer, writing tutor, ecoteach center and department of economics, duke university introduction 5 part i. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read economical writing. Economists do not mind criticism of their facts or their formalisms, because they have been trained in these to take criticism, and to dish it.
An executive summary deirdre mccloskey university of iowa the main cause of bad writing in economics is that economists dont read good writing. Mccloskey has 36 books on goodreads with 9254 ratings. One of the best books for writers in the social sciences is deirdre mccloskey s economical writing, a very short, very small book that offers a number of important principles for writing. Thirtyfive rules for clear and persuasive prose chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing by deirdre n. A few years ago, after an economist friend gave me a copy of mccloskeys wonderful style guide, economical writing, i wrote her a fan letter from spokane and asked what kinds of changes had. Mccloskey, 2000, waveland press edition, in english 2nd ed. Eleanor birch, thomas borcherding, ross eckert, anthony english, clifford geertz, albert hirschman, linda kerber, charles kindleberger, meir kohn, david landes, much of the mccloskey family laura, helen, and joanne, joel mokyr, erin newton, much of the solow family john, barbara, and robert, richard sutch, donald sutherland. Mccloskey is an economist by training, but she has written across a wide variety of fields. Request permission export citation add to favorites track citation. If economists would read jane austen or george orwell, or even adam smith or thomas schelling.
Economical writing donald mccloskey most people who write a lot, as do economists, have an amateurish atti tude towards writing. Rewrite and edit your first draftand your second one, too. Donald mccloskey department of economics and of history, university of iowa. Mccloskey is well aware that in predicating the rise of modern economic growth on culture she is being greatly counterintuitive, as most of culture, in our world, seems opposed to socalled capitalism. Mccloskey the university of iowa the length of the acknowledgments here testifies to an unexplored feature of the rhetoric of economics, the role of the audience.
Proceeding from bigpicture ideas to concrete strategies for improvement at the level of the paragraph, sentence, or word, mccloskey shows us that good writing, after all, is not just a matter of tasteits. Translated into chinese, china renmin university press, 2015. Deirdre mccloskey s economical writing, originally aimed to help economists write better, is in this second edition clearly a book that should be read by scholars in every field. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Mccloskey delivers a thoughtful, fun, and very slim volume, focused on economics writing but also applicable to most nonfiction writing. English, clifford geertz, albert hirschman, linda kerber, charles kindleberger, meir kohn, david landes, much of the mccloskey family laura, helen, and joanne, joel mokyr, erin newton, much of the solow family john, barbara, and robert.
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Economists do not mind criticism of their facts or their formalisms, because they have been trained in these to take criticism, and to dish it out. Economical writing by deirdre mccloskey stephen kinsella. Summaries for chapters 110 of deidre mccloskeys economical writing, second edition. Economical writing deirdre mccloskey 9781577660637. Adopt for the moment the strange premise that content and expression are separable. Second revised edition as economical writing, prospect heights, ill waveland press, 1999. Read economical writing, third edition online by deirdre n. West, 1994, adapted from donald mccloskey, economical writing, economic inquiry april 1985 david romers rules for making it through graduate school and finishing your dissertation. Economical writing, deirdre mccloskey anyone who cares about direct, clear expression should read this lucid, delightful gem by an author who practices what she advises.