Political Arithmetic - Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics

Zusammenfassung We take for granted today that the assessments, measurements, and forecasts of economists are crucial to the decision-making of governments and businesses alike. But less than a century ago that wasn't the case. This book is simultaneously a history of a key period of economic thought and a testament to the power of applied ideas.

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• Authors: Fogel, Enid M. Fogel, Robert William Fogel, Robert William Fogel Fogel, Robert William/ Fogel Fogel, Fogel Enid M., Fogel Robert William, FOGEL ROBERT WILLIAM FOGEL ENID, Nathaniel Grotte, Grotte Nathaniel, Mark Guglielmo, Guglielmo Mark
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2013
• EAN: 9780226256610
• ISBN: 978-0-226-25661-0
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: NBER Series on Long-Term Facto; NBER Series on Long-Term Facto; National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economi
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history