The Birth of Economic Rhetoric Communication, Arts and Economic Stim
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The Birth of Economic Rhetoric
Estrella Trincado
The Birth of Economic Rhetoric Communication, Arts and Economic Stimulus in David Hume and Adam Smith
Estrella Trincado Facultad CC. Economicas y Empresariales Complutense University of Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
ISBN 978-3-030-14305-3 ISBN 978-3-030-14306-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14306-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019932969 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: GettyImages/rabbit75_ist This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents
1 The Setting of the Play 1 2 Hume and Smith, Truth and Experience 15 3 David Hume 35 4 Adam Smith 87 5 Rhetoric in Hume and Smith 119 6 Consequences on Economic Theory 153 Conclusion 185 References 191 Index 213
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1 The Setting of the Play
1.1 Introduction This book deals with the Scottish Enlightenment in an innovative way, relating Rhetoric, rationality and economics. It contributes to the comparison between the theory of David Hume and Adam Smith and shows, against some recent scholarship, that interest lies more in the differences between Hume and Smith than in their similarities. The birth of economic rationality determines the roots of different rhetorical usages of economic science. Therefore, this chapter sets the scene in the Scottish Enlightenment and shows that authors from this period had different concepts of time, which meant that the newborn baby of Rhetoric had different growth paths. In Chapter 2, we analyse the friendship of Hume and Smith, pointing out the similarities between them, but also the differences, which implied long-term bonds and comm
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