Why Liberalism Works: How True Liberal Values Produce a Freer, More Equal, Prosperous World for All - Couverture rigide

McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen

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ISBN 10 : 0300235089 ISBN 13 : 9780300235081

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2019

Synopsis

An insightful and passionately written book explaining why a return to Enlightenment ideals is good for the world

The greatest challenges facing humankind, according to Deirdre McCloskey, are poverty and tyranny, both of which hold people back. Arguing for a return to true liberal values, this engaging and accessible book develops, defends, and demonstrates how embracing the ideas first espoused by eighteenth-century philosophers like Locke, Smith, Voltaire, and Wollstonecraft is good for everyone.

With her trademark wit and deep understanding, McCloskey shows how the adoption of Enlightenment ideals of liberalism has propelled the freedom and prosperity that define the quality of a full life. In her view, liberalism leads to equality, but equality does not necessarily lead to liberalism-and the fixation of the left on inequality is counterproductive. Liberalism is an optimistic philosophy that depends on the power of rhetoric rather than arms and on ethics, free speech, and facts for us to thrive.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Deirdre Nansen McCloskey has been distinguished professor of economics and history and professor of English and communications at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the author of numerous books, including Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World. She lives in Chicago, IL.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300235089
• ISBN 13: 9780300235081
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
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