Gross domestic problem : the politics behind the world's most powerful number /: the politics behind the world's most powerful number. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lorenzo Fioramonti.
• Other Names: Fioramonti, Lorenzo
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 339.31; Gross national product -- Statistics; Gross domestic product; Industrial productivity -- Forecasting; Gross national product; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions; Gross domestic product; Gross national product; Industrial productivity -- Forecasting; Electronic books; Electronic books -- Statistics; Statistics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780322742; 1780322747; 9781780322759; 1780322755
• Related ISBNs: 1780322720; 9781780322728; 9781283924146; 1283924145; 9781780322735
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.