TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lepenies,Philipp
TI  - The power of a single number: a political history of GDP 
SN  - 9780231175104 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - HC79.I5 L4613 2016
U1  - 339.3/109 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Gross domestic product
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - History
N1  - 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
ER  -