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deirdremccloskey Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication
University of Illinois at Chicago

Professor of Economic History, Gothenburg University, Sweden

McCloskey is an economist and economic historian who around 1980 got interested in the rhetoric of persuasion in her field, and then wider literary matters, such as literary and social theory. Her main project for the next few years will be writing a six-volume tome on "The Bourgeois Era." Volume 1 was published by the University of Chicago Press in 2006, and widely and on the whole favorably reviewed, we at Prudentia were gratified to see. The next volume, Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World will be ... more »

Sometime she will do a book called Economie, making a case for an economic criticism, as a form of literary criticism. A recent technical contribution to economics and statistics is a book with Stephen Ziliak, The Cult of Statistical ... more »

The oddest personal fact about Deirdre is that she was until 1995 "Donald." She has written on the matter, especially the account of her transition, 1994-98, Crossing: A Memoir, a NY Times Notable Book. But that's merely the oddest ... more »


A quote displayed at the Matisse exhibit (Art Institute of Chicago, March-June 2010): When you have achieved what you want in a certain area, when you have exploited the possibilities that lie in one direction, you must, when the time comes, change course, search for something new.
Henri Matisse, June 1919, interview with Ragnar Hoppe.

RFM (Radio Free Market) features Deirdre as a special guest for its program "Isn't Capitalism Basically Corrupt?"

Hosted by Michael McKay with economist Art Carden, Professor of Economics at Rhodes College, as a commentator.
Broadcast date: 21 January 2012.

New videos from McCloskey's recent lectures in Munich: The stunning quality of the Munich videos translates to an unusually long download time. Their content is, as always, well worth the wait.

The Buzz on the
Bourgeois Era

Christian Libertarianism (or, outside the USA, Christian "Liberalism")

An exchange with The Clinic, a satirical journal in Chile (cf. Britain's Private Eye).
Deirdre N. McCloskey, November 21, 2011


For our Spanish readers, notices on Deirdre's recent visit to Chile



McCloskey in the Wall Street Journal

"The New Theories of Moral Sentiments"
The economic historian who is bringing love, faith, courage and virtue back into her discipline.

By DALIBOR ROHAC, 27 January 2012


Notes and a photo from The Legatum Institute's hosting of Deirdre, 13 January 2012

Reading lists available for
Spring 2012 courses For all course materials and information, refer to deirdremcclosky.com/courses.

Prof. McCloskey to be awarded doctor honoris causa at three academic institutions in 2012.


[See also Prudentia's archives]

News reporter captures Deirdre's lecture in Germany


"Dissing the Golden Goose in the City of London"

D.N. McCloskey, November 2011
Sneering at the bourgeoisie and admiring the aristocracy in Shakespearean England yielded trivial growth. Maoism and Great Leaps Forward, or Gandhi combined with LSE socialism, yielded the same. When in the eighteenth century the British became a polite and commercial people, the modern world began.

CBC Radio One's "Ideas" (Toronto) hosts a one-hour interview with Deirdre.

PODCAST of the interview, October 20, 2011.
      

Richard Handler
A write-up by the interviewer, Richard Handler: "Why bourgeois values matter: A defence of capitalism by economic historian Deirdre McCloskey," CBC News, 18 October 2011.

Pictures from a Press Conference

"Rueda de prensa de Deirdre Mccloskey y Ronald W. Jones" »

"Riflessioni su economia e materie umanistiche" (Reflections on economics and the humanities)

Noise from Amerika, 11 October 2011.
For our Italian readers, Andrea Moro writes about a vigorous discussion between Deirdre and Aldo Rustichini in Salamanca.

"Lectio Magistralis, Salamanca"





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