A Discussion of Bourgeois Equality Chapter 49 “And then Turned” Dr. McCloskey revisits her main thesis: the role of ideas as the source of the Great Enrichment taking off in England in the nineteenth century. She says it cannot be due to economic, political, or legal changes because any changes…
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Bourgeois Equality
A Sociological Shift, Not a Psychological Change
A Discussion of Bourgeois Equality Chapter 29 “The Bourgeoisie Loved Measurement” and Chapter 30 “The Change Was in Social Habits of the Lip, Not in Psychology” We continue Dr. McCloskey’s dive into why the Great Enrichment occurred when it did because the stories we tell ourselves shape the world of…