The Secret Sins of Economics

Deirdre McCloskey’s work in economics always calls into question its reputation as “the dismal science.” She writes with passion and an unusually wide scope, drawing on literature and intellectual history in exciting, if unorthodox, ways. In this pamphlet, McCloskey reveals what she sees as the secret sins of economics (there are two) that no one will discuss. In her view, these sins “cripple” economics as a “scientific enterprise.”