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Apologia Pro Vita Sua: A History of My Economic Opinions

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McCloskey, D. Apologia Pro Vita Sua: A History of My Economic Opinions. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 140(3–4), 235-269. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.140.3-4.235
McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen "Apologia Pro Vita Sua: A History of My Economic Opinions" Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch 140.3–4, 2020, 235-269. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.140.3-4.235
McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen (2020): Apologia Pro Vita Sua: A History of My Economic Opinions, in: Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, vol. 140, iss. 3–4, 235-269, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.140.3-4.235
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Apologia Pro Vita Sua: A History of My Economic Opinions

McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 140 (2020), Iss. 3–4 : pp. 235–269

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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics and of History, Professor Emerita of English and of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, 720 S. Dearborn Street, Unit 206, Chicago, IL 60605, United States.

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Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Deidre Nansen McCloskey: Apologia Pro Vita Sua: A History of My Economic Opinions 1
1970s: British History 1
1980s: The Rhetoric in Economics 2
1990s: Rhetoric in the Economy 2
2000s: The Ethics of the Economy 2
2010s: Liberty and the Great Enrichment 2
References 3
McCloskey’s Books 3

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