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A review of Economical Writing by Deirdre McCloskey

There is a certain paradox inherent in the “style manual”: Legislating style is like legislating personality. If we all followed such manuals to the letter, we’d all sound alike, and the world would be a boring place indeed. There are on the other hand certain useful things one can say, just as there are certain personality types we can all agree are unhealthy (e.g. obsessive-compulsive, antisocial). There are certain wa...