So what's an economic metaphor?

Klamer, Arjo; Leonard, Thomas C.

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511572128.002

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“…However, critics have argued that these uses of metaphor have been characterised by a lack of reflexivity (e.g. Klamer and Leonard 1993;McCloskey 1994). In McCloskey's (1995, 219) terms, 'Economists and other scientists are unselfconscious about their metaphors.…”

Section: The Use Of Biological Metaphors In Entrepreneurial Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Re-imagining the growth process: (co)-evolving metaphorical representations of entrepreneurial growth

Clarke

Holt

Blundel

2014

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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We investigate the role and influence of the biological metaphor 'growth' in studies of organizations, specifically in entrepreneurial settings. We argue that we need to reconsider metaphorical expressions of growth processes in entrepreneurship studies in order to better understand growth in the light of contemporary challenges, such as environmental concerns.Our argument is developed in two stages: first, we review the role of metaphor in organization and entrepreneurship studies. Second, we reflect critically on three conceptualizations of growth that have drawn on biological metaphors: the growing organism, natural selection and co-evolution. We find the metaphor of co-evolution heuristically valuable but under-used and in need of further refinement. We propose three characteristics of the co-evolutionary metaphor that might enrich our understanding of entrepreneurial growth: relational epistemology; collectivity; and multidimensionality. Through this we provide a conceptual means of reconciling an economic impetus for entrepreneurial growth with an environmental imperative for sustainability.

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Section: The Use Of Biological Metaphors In Entrepreneurial Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Re-imagining the growth process: (co)-evolving metaphorical representations of entrepreneurial growth

Clarke

Holt

Blundel

2014

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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“…502-507), Mirowski (1994) and Klamer and Leonard (1994). The discussions presented by McCloskey and the other authors draw upon some of the same linguistic theory that was presented in the previous section of this paper.…”

Section: Mathematical Economics and Metaphormentioning

confidence: 66%

Mathematics, Metaphors and Economic Visualisability

Phillips

2007

Quart J Austrian Econ

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“…Tensions between abstraction and concreteness, intuition and logic, mathematics and humanities are more than simple drawbacks in the development of economic knowledge; they are the cornerstone of the ability of this discipline to establish a connection with society (Keppler, 1998;Kurdas & Majewski, 1994). Metaphors, from this perspective, are central tools for the improvement of economic storytelling (Klamer & Leonard, 1994;Strassmann, 1993). At the end of the day, McCloskey remarks, "economists are not so very different from poets and novelists" (McCloskey, 1990: 21).…”

Section: Metaphors Economics and Financementioning

confidence: 99%

Euro crisis metaphors in the Spanish press

Arrese

2015

Communication & Society

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This article aims to analyze the use of economic metaphors in the particular case of the European sovereign debt crisis, by the examination of the public discourse as reflected in the Spanish press. The general hypothesis, in accordance with the research undertaken in similar studies on economic metaphors, is that one can expect a fairly common use of the same metaphors -the most traditional ones-and with the same weight among different newspapers, in spite of their editorial and journalistic diversity. The context of the study and the research approach are justified by addressing in the first part of this article a synthetic review of three research fields that converge around this topic: the analysis of conceptual metaphors, the use of them in financial and economic discourses and their particular categorization to make sense of the crisis situations. In the second part, the empirical research design is explained. Finally, the main results are stated and their significance explained. The study confirms the hypothesis of a very high uniformity in the use of the main metaphors among newspapers, which is translated into a problematic, one-sided, interpretation of the crisis.

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So what's an economic metaphor?

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Re-imagining the growth process: (co)-evolving metaphorical representations of entrepreneurial growth

Re-imagining the growth process: (co)-evolving metaphorical representations of entrepreneurial growth

Mathematics, Metaphors and Economic Visualisability

Euro crisis metaphors in the Spanish press

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