Deirdre McCloskey

Deirdre McCloskey is an Honorary Professor at Queen's Business School, Queen's University Belfast. She holds the title of Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics, History, English, and Communication from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Her academic career spans multiple disciplines, including economics, history, philosophy, rhetoric, and feminist studies.

Trained at Harvard University with a PhD in economics, she has authored over twenty books and four hundred articles. Notable works include Bourgeois Equality, a study of Dutch and British economic and social history. Her research interests focus on economic history (particularly Britain), economic methodology, and critiques of positivism in social sciences.

McCloskey is known for her interdisciplinary approach, blending quantitative analysis with rhetorical philosophy. She identifies as a 'postmodern free-market quantitative Episcopalian feminist Aristotelian.'