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Cents and Sensibility - What Economics Can Learn from the Humanities (Paperback)
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In Cents and Sensibility, an eminent literary critic and a leading
economist make the case that the humanities-especially the study of
literature-offer economists ways to make their models more
realistic, their predictions more accurate, and their policies more
effective and just. Arguing that Adam Smith's heirs include Austen,
Chekhov, and Tolstoy as much as Keynes and Friedman, Gary Saul
Morson and Morton Schapiro trace the connection between Adam
Smith's great classic, The Wealth of Nations, and his less
celebrated book on ethics, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The
authors contend that a few decades later, Jane Austen invented her
groundbreaking method of novelistic narration in order to give life
to the empathy that Smith believed essential to humanity. More than
anyone, the great writers can offer economists something they
need-a richer appreciation of behavior, ethics, culture, and
narrative. Original, provocative, and inspiring, Cents and
Sensibility demonstrates the benefits of a dialogue between
economics and the humanities and also shows how looking at
real-world problems can revitalize the study of literature itself.
Featuring a new preface, this book brings economics back to its
place in the human conversation.
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