Gross domestic problem [[electronic resource] ] : the politics behind the world's most powerful number / / Lorenzo Fioramonti |
Autore | Fioramonti Lorenzo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 200 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 339.31 |
Collana | Economic controversies |
Soggetto topico |
Gross national product
Gross domestic product Industrial productivity - Forecasting Social research & statistics |
ISBN |
1-350-22056-6
1-283-92414-5 1-78032-274-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The world's most powerful number -- The history of GDP: from crisis to crisis -- The Frankenstein syndrome -- The global quest to dethrone GDP -- Change from below -- Supremacy and resistance.
About the series; About the author; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction The world's most powerful number; What is GDP?; The politics of GDP; GDP and its critics; Chapter 1 The history of GDP: from crisis to crisis; Numbers and politics: the pre-history of GDP; GDP as a 'war machine'; Manipulation and the 'stats war'; Globalization of national income and the global economic crisis; The greatest invention of the twentieth century?; Chapter 2 The Frankenstein syndrome; Taming the monster; Figure 2.1 GDP growth in the USA. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786028403321 |
Fioramonti Lorenzo | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gross domestic problem [[electronic resource] ] : the politics behind the world's most powerful number / / Lorenzo Fioramonti |
Autore | Fioramonti Lorenzo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 200 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 339.31 |
Collana | Economic controversies |
Soggetto topico |
Gross national product
Gross domestic product Industrial productivity - Forecasting Social research & statistics |
ISBN |
1-350-22056-6
1-283-92414-5 1-78032-274-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The world's most powerful number -- The history of GDP: from crisis to crisis -- The Frankenstein syndrome -- The global quest to dethrone GDP -- Change from below -- Supremacy and resistance.
About the series; About the author; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction The world's most powerful number; What is GDP?; The politics of GDP; GDP and its critics; Chapter 1 The history of GDP: from crisis to crisis; Numbers and politics: the pre-history of GDP; GDP as a 'war machine'; Manipulation and the 'stats war'; Globalization of national income and the global economic crisis; The greatest invention of the twentieth century?; Chapter 2 The Frankenstein syndrome; Taming the monster; Figure 2.1 GDP growth in the USA. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822892003321 |
Fioramonti Lorenzo | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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