Deirdre McCloskey
Distinguished Professor of Economics, History and English Ph.D., Harvard University, 1970
Phone: (312) 996-3913 Fax: (312) 996-3344
E-Mail:deirdre2@uic.edu
Homepage:http://www.uic.edu/~deirdre2/
Fields of Interest : Literature and Economics; Philosophy of Economics; Quantitative Economic History; Ethical Philosophy; Feminist Economics.
Selected Research :
The Secret Sins of Economics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
How to Be an Economist* *Though Human. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
Measurement and Meaning in Economics: The Essential Deirdre McCloskey. Edward Arnold, S. Ziliak, ed.
"The Standard Error of Regression." [with S. Ziliak] Journal of Economic Literature, 34, (Mar 1996), pp. 97-114.
"The Industrial Revolution: A Survey," in R. Floud and D. N. McCloskey, eds, The Economic History of Britain, 1700-Present, vol. I, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
"The Open Fields of England: Rent, Risk, and the Return of Interest." In D. Galenson, ed., Markets in History: Economic Studies of the Past. NY: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Current Research Interests:
The history of ethical thinking in and about the middle class, 1600 to the present
The loss of oomph in some sciences (economics, medicine) and its consequences
Other Significant Accomplishments :
Guggenheim Fellow, 1983
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Lecturer, 1993
President, Economic History Association, 1996-97; Midwest Economic Association, 1992;
Eastern Economic Association, 2003
Visiting Professor: Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Stanford University, Australian National University, University of York, University of Manchester, University of London.
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