Political Arithmetic : Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics
Robert William. Fogel
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Chicago : University of Chicago Press , cop. 2013
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (163 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Amazing Twentieth Century; 1. The Rise of Academic Economists before World War I; 2. The Early History of the NBER; 3. The Emergence of National Income Accounting as a Tool of Economic Policy; 4. The Use of National Income Accounting to Study Comparative Economic Growth; 5. The Scientific Methods of Simon Kuznets; 6. Further Aspects of the Legacy of Simon Kuznets; 7. The Quarter Century since the Death of Simon Kuznets; Acknowledgments; References; Index. - 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-economists simply didn't have the necessary information or statistical tools to understand the ever more complicated modern economy. With Political Arithmetic, Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Fogel and his collaborators tell the story of economist Simon Kuznets, the founding of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the creation of the concept
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| Emner | Kuznets, Simon : (NO-TrBIB)90176399
National Bureau of Economic Research. Economics - Research - United States National income - Accounting - History - United States Vis mer... Kuznets, Simon, -- 1901-1985 -- Influence.
National income -- United States -- Accounting -- History -- 19th century. National income -- United States -- Accounting -- History -- 20th century. Business & Economics Economic History Empiriske undersøkelser Makroøkonomi Nasjonalinntekt Nasjonalregnskap |
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| ISBN | 9780226256610
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