The power of a single number : a political history of GDP / Philipp Lepenies ; translated by Jeremy Gaines.
Language: English Original language: German Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016Description: pages cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780231175104 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Macht der einen Zahl. English
- 339.3/109 23
- HC79.I5 L4613 2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- What it's all about : a short primer on GDP -- William petty and political arithmetic : the origins of GDP -- The frustrations of Colin Clark : England -- Simon Kuznets and the politics of gross national product : the United States -- War, kidnapping, and data theft : Germany -- The ultimate triumph of gross national product -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.