Deirdre McCloskey
Distinguished Professor of Economics, History and English
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1970
Phone: (312) 995-4380 Fax: (312) 996-3344
E-Mail:deirdre2@uic.edu
Homepage:http://www.uic.edu/~deirdre2/
Fields of Interest: Capitalism; Statistical Practice; Literature and Economics; Philosophy of Economics; Quantitative Economic History; Ethical Philosophy; Feminist Economics
Selected Research:
[with S. Ziliak] The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives. University of Michigan Press. 2007
The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce. 2006
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., 2001.
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
Social Science History Association, 1990
Visiting Professor:
Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Australian National University
University of York
University of Manchester
University of London
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