The Power of a Single Number: A Political History of GDP by Philipp Lepenies

The Power of a Single Number: A Political History of GDP

Philipp Lepenies

208 pages • hardcover • 2016

1 edition

nonfiction business economics history politics
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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 ...

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