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The power of a single number a political history of GDP

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Columbia University Press 2016Description: xiv, 186p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780231175104
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.310LEP
Summary: Widely used since the mid-twentieth century, GDP (gross domestic product) has become the world's most powerful statistical indicator of national development and progress. Practically all governments adhere to the idea that GDP growth is a primary economic target, and while criticism of this measure has grown, neither its champions nor its detractors deny its central importance in our political culture.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Widely used since the mid-twentieth century, GDP (gross domestic product) has become the world's most powerful statistical indicator of national development and progress. Practically all governments adhere to the idea that GDP growth is a primary economic target, and while criticism of this measure has grown, neither its champions nor its detractors deny its central importance in our political culture.

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