This ethnographic study by Smart (linguistics and applied language studies, Carleton U., Canada) analyzes discourse practices employed by economists at the Bank of Canada in the formulation of national monetary policy. The focus of the study is twofold, examining the use of written and oral genres in combination with the technology of computer-run economic models in creating specialize economic knowledge, as well as the use of technology-supported discourse genres in the Bank's external communications with government, the media, business, financial markets, labor, and academia. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)