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Professional Ethics 101: A Reply to Anne Krueger's Review of The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics

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  • George F. DeMartino
  • Deirdre N. McCloskey

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The present authors are the editors of The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics (2016). The volume was reviewed in 2017 by Anne Krueger in the Journal of Economic Literature. The review was negative. It misrepresented the book quite badly, both in the number of misrepresentations and the degree of several of them. The misrepresentations have certain patterns. We speculate on what went wrong. We suggest that the review itself emblematizes the concern of the book, the ethical self-consciousness of the economics profession.

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  • George F. DeMartino & Deirdre N. McCloskey, 2018. "Professional Ethics 101: A Reply to Anne Krueger's Review of The Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 15(1), pages 1-4–19, January.
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    1. DeMartino, George F., 2011. "The Economist's Oath: On the Need for and Content of Professional Economic Ethics," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199730568, Decembrie.
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    Keywords

    Ethics; criticism; conviction; responsibility; Max Weber;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics

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