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The rhetoric in Douglass North Institutional Economics

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  • Paulo Gala

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This paper analyses the rhetoric of Douglass North. After a brief discussion about the relevance of rhetorical studies for methodological purposes, we investigate the author’s speech in Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance (1990) in two stages. The first deals with the way in which North delivers his theory — the main focus here is in the way he “talks” to his audience. The second shows the author’s use of some of the classical rhetorical rules as proposed by Arida (1983). In the last section we discuss some aspects of North’s work considering other studies with the same task in Brazil. JEL Classification: B15; B31.

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  • Paulo Gala, 2003. "The rhetoric in Douglass North Institutional Economics," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 23(2), pages 311-323.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:23:y:2003:i:2:p:311-323:id:902
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    Douglass North; new institutional economics;

    JEL classification:

    • B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals

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