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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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Political Arithmetic Simon Kuznets and the

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    A Hardback by Robert William Fogel, Enid M. Fogel, Mark Guglielmo

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/04/2013
      ISBN13: 9780226256610, 978-0226256610
      ISBN10: 0226256618

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      "It all adds up! Political Arithmetic captures a great intellectual pioneer at work and shows how he helped make modern economics a tool for transforming not only mankind's environment but mankind itself." (Sylvia Nasar, author of Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius and A Beautiful Mind)"

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