The Birth of Economic Rhetoric Communication, Arts and Economic Stimulus in David Hume and Adam Smith /

• Main Author: Trincado, Estrella (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economic history.; Culture-Economic aspects.; Economic theory.; Linguistics.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.; Cultural Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Theoretical Linguistics.

"I share with the author the conviction that Smith's interest for and theories of rhetoric and language need to be re-assessed to better understand his political economy, and more generally his system of thought. This book has important insights to offer on Smith's views on rhetoric a...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Setting of the Play
• 2. Hume and Smith: Truth and Experience
• 3. David Hume
• 4. Adam Smith
• 5. Rhetoric in Hume and Smith
• 6. Consequences for Economic Theory
• 7. Conclusion.