In case no one's mentioned it, you may wish to read Deirdre McCloskey's book The Rhetoric of Economics or her article of the same title in the Journal of Economic Literature, XXI.

John

On 2/22/2011 8:08 AM, Huáscar Fialho Pessali wrote:
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Hi Alain,

You may want to check William Milberg's “The Rhetoric of Policy Relevance
in International Economics,” Journal of Economic Methodology, Vol. 3, No.
2, 1996.

It seems to be that, despite the title, the paper can be informative to
your particular interest.

Best,

Huascar


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