On the Horizon: Volume 22 Issue 4
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EducationTable Of Contents - Special Issue: Language and Economics
The fate of academic publishing and academia in a semantic environment
Tom P. AbelesThe purpose of this article is to present a viewpoint on the future of academic publishing. It is important for a traditional peer-reviewed academic journal that is…
First steps into the metaphoric wilderness of macroeconomics
David Starr-GlassThe purpose of this article is to analyze the decline of two central metaphors of macroeconomics, economics and markets, and suggests ways in which metaphoric vigor can be…
“Financialization” of public discourse: the case of AIG
Rojhat B. AvsarThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a particular shift in the language used in economic policy debates since the late 1970s. We call this phenomenon the…
Learning from interacting: language, economics and the entrepreneur
Brendan K. O’RourkeThe purpose of this article is to provide a method of gaining transdisciplinary insight by focusing on keywords in the language we use. The language of economics dominates…
Metaphors as research tools in economics
Lukasz Hardt– The aim of this paper is to show that metaphors play an important role in the making of economics.
‘I will return as millions?’: Reflections on the contradictions between structure and agency in theories of the Bolivian Revolution, 2000-2005
Oliver LevingstonThe purpose of this paper is to present reflections on the contradictions between structure and agency in theories of the Bolivian Revolution, 2000-2005. Most studies into…
Crisis perception in financial media discourse: a concrete application using the Minskian/mainstream opposition
Marc Pilkington, Christine SinapiThe purpose of this article is to highlight the need for renewed collaborative efforts between linguists and economists to develop a multidisciplinary approach to…
Money as metaphor
Tanweer Ali– The purpose of this study is to examine two rival narratives regarding the nature and evolution of money with reference to metaphor.
Crisis in the habitat of the economic growth monster
Emil UrhammerThe purpose of the paper is to offer a new view on economic growth and use this view to add to the explanation of economic growth as a powerful agent that determines…
Why do markets react to words?
Elke MuchlinskiThe purpose of this paper is to explain why central banking as a practice needs to be based on everyday language and communication because a central bank must be able to…
A literature review on central bank communication
Peter T. Hughes, Stefan KestingThis paper aims to review the economic literature on central bank communication to address the questions of how economists account for the effects of speech acts and…
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1074-8121Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen access:
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- Dr Andy Hines