{"product_id":"bourgeois-dignity-why-economics-cant-explain-the-modern-world-paperback","title":"Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeirdre Nansen McCloskey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe big economic story of our times is not the Great Recession. It is how China and India began to embrace neoliberal ideas of economics and attributed a sense of dignity and liberty to the bourgeoisie they had denied for so long. The result was an explosion in economic growth and proof that economic change depends less on foreign trade, investment, or material causes, and a whole lot more on ideas and what people believe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Or so says Deirdre N. McCloskey in \u003ci\u003eBourgeois Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e, a fiercely contrarian history that wages a similar argument about economics in the West. Here she turns her attention to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe to reconsider the birth of the industrial revolution and the rise of capitalism. According to McCloskey, our modern world was not the product of new markets and innovations, but rather the result of shifting opinions about them. During this time, talk of private property, commerce, and even the bourgeoisie itself radically altered, becoming far more approving and flying in the face of prejudices several millennia old. The wealth of nations, then, didn't grow so dramatically because of economic factors: it grew because rhetoric about markets and free enterprise finally became enthusiastic and encouraging of their inherent dignity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An utterly fascinating sequel to her critically acclaimed book \u003ci\u003eThe Bourgeois Virtues, Bourgeois Dignity\u003c\/i\u003e is a feast of intellectual riches from one of our most spirited and ambitious historians-a work that will forever change our understanding of how the power of persuasion shapes our economic lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeirdre N. McCloskey\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Among her many books are \u003ci\u003eThe Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCrossing: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Sins of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eIf You're So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the University of Chicago Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.36 x 8.99 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45260436078694,"sku":"9780226556741","price":34.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WXF0Wjg3WTVWMFArZWV3K055eW5odz09.webp?v=1773885025","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/bourgeois-dignity-why-economics-cant-explain-the-modern-world-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}