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:
> 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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