TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lepenies, Philipp,
TI  - The power of a single number: a political history of GDP
SN  - 9780231175104
U1  - 339.310LEP 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Gross domestic product--Political aspects--History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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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