Klamer's Blog

Economic Conversations

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Posted by Salvi at Rigotnomics

Over a lazy weekend spent mostly goooogling, I came across an interesting website. It is called the economic conversation. It is a book written by Arjo Klamer, Deirdre McCloskey, and Stephen Ziliak and it’s an attempt by the authors to (more…)

Post-Modernism, Economics and Knowledge

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Business eBooks Review

“This ground-breaking volume [Jack Amariglio's Post-Modernism, Economics and Knowledge] brings together the essays of top theorists including Arjo Klamer, Deirdre McCloskey, Julie Nelson, Shaun Hargreaves-Heap and Philip Mirowski on a diverse range of topics.”
Business eBooks Review

Arjo Klamer @ New Cultural Networks Conference

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Anne Helmond
“Arjo Klamer addresses the question of how we can bridge the gap between economics and culture”
Go to article (includes comments).

We Are All Persuaders

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Harry Mills
“A 1995 research paper by Donald McCloskey and Arjo Klamer published in the American Economic Review calculated one quarter of the gross domestic product of the USA is linked to persuasion. So, why is it that ad agencies, PR companies …” [link no longer exists but according to www.BetterManagement.com "Harry Mills is a subject matter expert on persuasion for the Harvard ManageMentor program."]

Is Conversation Free in a Talking Shop?

Monday, May 21st, 2007

Martin Ryan (Liam Delaney)

“You may remember Arjo Klamer from his books with David Colander on Conversations with Economists and The Making of An Economist. Both highly recommended. Now he’s teamed up with Deirdre McCloskey and Stephen Ziliak on a new project …” More » Geary Behaviour Centre