The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It
Philipsen, Dirk
The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It - New Jersey Princeton University Press 2015 - 398p
Introduction: We Become What We Measure
1. More, Better, Faster: The Beginnings
2. The Origins of Bling: The Spirit of Economic Growth
3. The Crucible of Crisis: The Great Depression and the Need for Economic Indicators
4. Born from Disaster: The Making of a Key Measure
5. Forged in War
6. Global Domination: The Age of GDP
7. Today's ABC of GDP
8. More Is Not Enough
9. "The People of Plenty Are a People of Waste"
10. From Alchemy to Reason: What If? A Thought Experiment
11. Looking Forward
9780691166520
Economic History - Government & Business.
339.31 / PHI
The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It - New Jersey Princeton University Press 2015 - 398p
Introduction: We Become What We Measure
1. More, Better, Faster: The Beginnings
2. The Origins of Bling: The Spirit of Economic Growth
3. The Crucible of Crisis: The Great Depression and the Need for Economic Indicators
4. Born from Disaster: The Making of a Key Measure
5. Forged in War
6. Global Domination: The Age of GDP
7. Today's ABC of GDP
8. More Is Not Enough
9. "The People of Plenty Are a People of Waste"
10. From Alchemy to Reason: What If? A Thought Experiment
11. Looking Forward
9780691166520
Economic History - Government & Business.
339.31 / PHI