The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language

Reviews / Votes

"This volume represents an encounter between two established but usually quite separate human sciences, economics and linguistics. It contains new and often surprising insights that will greatly profit students of the many topics being discussed by a multifarious array of contributors." (Abram de Swaan, Professor Emeritus, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and author of Words of the World: The Global Language System)

"The already-impressive breadth of topics, regions, methodologies, regions of the world, theoretical perspectives, and countries covered in the first edition has been dramatically expanded through the substantive expansion of previous chapters and the addition of new ones. Analyses of important recent developments such as large language models, new concepts around the value of language in a range of domains, and the role of language in marketing and business strategies now supplement such traditional concerns as the role of language policies, how language shapes migrant decision-making and experiences, and gendered aspects of language. The volume will serve as an invaluable resource for scholars and students in any social science discipline who wish to get up to speed on either long-standing areas of scholarship on economic, social, political, and cognitive aspects of language or cutting-age, innovative approaches in language-related research." (Theodore P. Gerber, Conway-Bascom Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US)

"Economists often build on the wealth of knowledge and insights of other social sciences, and bring their empirical and theoretical skills. This handbook covers the huge strides on the economics of language of the last six decades since Jacob Marshak published his pioneering work. . We should be very grateful to Shlomo Weber for producing a new and enriched version of the handbook, with new topics such as LLMs, language policies, or the link between linguistics and specific geopolitical evolutions. Not only does this handbook keep us updated, but it also allows us to engage in social science fiction, and conjecture what will happen (or not) with the ubiquitous presence of connected translation. A must read for scholars well beyond the confines of this field." (Jean Tirole, Professor, Toulouse School of Economics, France, and 2014 Nobel laureate)

"An impressively comprehensive and up-to date overview of the state of the art in a fast expanding and remarkably diverse field. From the impact of linguistic differences on economic thinking to the impact of linguistic proficiency on economic success, a firework of novel insights and useful references." (Philippe Van Parijs, Emeritus Professor at the University of Louvain, Belgium, former Director of the Hoover Chair in Economics and Social Ethics, and author of "Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World")