Vallier, Kevin - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 41 (2012) 6, pp. 776-782
Deirdre McCloskey's book, Bourgeois Dignity, sets out to refute the most reputable explanations of what she calls the … dignity and liberty to the bourgeoisie by changing their rhetoric. I argue that McCloskey's positive thesis can benefit from … started innovating because they took on new aspirations and ideals. These twin theses help to explain how the ideas of dignity …