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Liberalism, rhetoric, and how to be post-modern: a review essay of Deirdre Nansen McCloskey’s why liberalism works: how true Liberal values produce a freer, more equal, prosperous world for all

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  • Douglas B. Rasmussen

    (Creighton University)

  • Douglas J. Den Uyl

    (Liberty Fund)

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This book review focuses mainly on McCloskey’s use and advocacy of rhetoric as it applies to liberalism. We summarize McCloskey’s understanding of the importance of rhetoric to a proper grasp of the nature and value of liberalism. In the process we also raise questions about the foundations of rhetoric as a tool for substantive persuasion.

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  • Douglas B. Rasmussen & Douglas J. Den Uyl, 2024. "Liberalism, rhetoric, and how to be post-modern: a review essay of Deirdre Nansen McCloskey’s why liberalism works: how true Liberal values produce a freer, more equal, prosperous world for all," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 37(1), pages 95-103, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revaec:v:37:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s11138-021-00564-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s11138-021-00564-7
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    1. McCloskey,Deirdre N., 1994. "Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521436038, January.
    2. McCloskey,Deirdre N., 1994. "Knowledge and Persuasion in Economics," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521434751, January.
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