“…McCloskey counted up the accountants, lawyers, financial advisers, brokers, bookkeepers, advertising executives, media workers, and so on. What McCloskey neglected to point out is how much of the persuasive activities of these workers is devoted to producing precisely those "institutional facts"-in the form of warranties, letters of credit, negotiable instruments, warehouse receipts, wills, and other authenticating documents and security-enhancing representations-that allow economic activity to flourish in a world of decentralized information, globalized marketing and business organization, and pervasive distrust (Moss 1995).…”