Deirdre N. McCloskey is distinguished professor of economics, history, English, and communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Among her many books are The Bourgeois Virtues, Bourgeois Dignity, Bourgeois Equality, Crossing: A Memoir; The Secret Sins of Economics, and If You’re So Smart: The Narrative of Economic Expertise, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
发表于2024-11-28
Economical Writing: Thirty-Five Rules for Clear and Persuasive Prose 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
"That's not writing, that's typing." Deirdre attributed this quote to Hemingway, which is inaccurate. Truman Capote said it. Click here. But the real problem is the premise that you can split content from style. It's wrong. Content and style are yolk and w...
评分作者本身很传奇,本来是个“he”后来变成了“she”,有兴趣可以搜搜TA的事迹。在经济学领域专门从事“经济学写作”的研究,本身就非常特立独行了。 她的观点更加独特和叛逆,鄙视经济学中一切带着学究气的遣词造句,统称为“five-dollar words”,以及一些不知所云的表达方式。...
评分作者本身很传奇,本来是个“he”后来变成了“she”,有兴趣可以搜搜TA的事迹。在经济学领域专门从事“经济学写作”的研究,本身就非常特立独行了。 她的观点更加独特和叛逆,鄙视经济学中一切带着学究气的遣词造句,统称为“five-dollar words”,以及一些不知所云的表达方式。...
评分作者本身很传奇,本来是个“he”后来变成了“she”,有兴趣可以搜搜TA的事迹。在经济学领域专门从事“经济学写作”的研究,本身就非常特立独行了。 她的观点更加独特和叛逆,鄙视经济学中一切带着学究气的遣词造句,统称为“five-dollar words”,以及一些不知所云的表达方式。...
评分"That's not writing, that's typing." Deirdre attributed this quote to Hemingway, which is inaccurate. Truman Capote said it. Click here. But the real problem is the premise that you can split content from style. It's wrong. Content and style are yolk and w...
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Economics is not a field that is known for good writing. Charts, yes. Sparkling prose, no.
Except, that is, when it comes to Deirdre Nansen McCloskey. Her conversational and witty yet always clear style is a hallmark of her classic works of economic history, enlivening the dismal science and engaging readers well beyond the discipline. And now she’s here to share the secrets of how it’s done.
Economical Writing is itself economical: a collection of thirty-five pithy rules for making your writing clear, concise, and effective. Proceeding from big-picture ideas to concrete strategies for improvement at the level of the paragraph, sentence, or word, McCloskey shows us that good writing, after all, is not just a matter of taste—it’s a product of adept intuition and a rigorous revision process. Debunking stale rules, warning us that “footnotes are nests for pedants,” and offering an arsenal of readily applicable tools and methods, she shows writers of all levels of experience how to rethink the way they approach their work, and gives them the knowledge to turn mediocre prose into magic.
At once efficient and digestible, hilarious and provocative, Economical Writing lives up to its promise. With McCloskey as our guide, it’s impossible not to see how any piece of writing—on economics or otherwise—can, and perhaps should be, a pleasure to read.
be plain
评分be plain
评分spirits, clarity, being natural and poised, aesthetics/music, cut to the point, repetition, ear, emphasis in the end; speak like writing and write like speaking
评分20200628 1-16 footnote那里的举例真是太好笑了 0629 17-32 She'll be the one looking over my shoulder as I write, and be like "Drop it! For God's sake." 0630 这就滚去在论文上画圈圈
评分20200628 1-16 footnote那里的举例真是太好笑了 0629 17-32 She'll be the one looking over my shoulder as I write, and be like "Drop it! For God's sake." 0630 这就滚去在论文上画圈圈
Economical Writing: Thirty-Five Rules for Clear and Persuasive Prose 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书