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Deirdre McCloskey

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey (born Donald Nansen McCloskey; September 11, 1942) is an American economist and academic. Since 2023 she has been a distinguished scholar and holder of the Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. From 2000 to 2015, she taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she was a…

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Known for
Economic history of Britain · McCloskey critique
Education
Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
Born
(1942-09-11) September 11, 1942 (age 83) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Alexander Gerschenkron
Fields
Economic history Cliometrics Economic methodology
Notable students
Stephen T. Ziliak Claudia Goldin

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related to Publications · 94
Deirdre McCloskey → Age, Applied Theory, Approach, Argument, Arjo Klamer, Behaviorism, Bibliography, Bourgeois Virtues, Bourgeoisie, Brazil, Britain, British Iron, Cambridge University Press, Chicago Press, Commerce, Consequences, Conversations Starters, Cult, DeMartino, Dignity
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Deirdre McCloskey → Economic history of Britain, McCloskey critique
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Deirdre McCloskey → (1942-09-11) September 11, 1942 (age 83) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Doctoral advisor · 1
Deirdre McCloskey → Alexander Gerschenkron
Education · 1
Deirdre McCloskey → Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
Fields · 1
Deirdre McCloskey → Economic history Cliometrics Economic methodology
Notable students · 1
Deirdre McCloskey → Stephen T. Ziliak Claudia Goldin
Thesis · 1
Deirdre McCloskey → Economic Maturity and Entrepreneurial Decline: British Iron and Steel, 1870–1913 (1970)
Website · 1
Deirdre McCloskey → deirdremccloskey.com

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