GDP

GDP: a brief but affectionate history

by Coyle, Diane

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Why did the size of the U.S. economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013-or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U.K. financial industry show its fastest expansion ever at the end of 2008-just as the world's financial system went into meltdown? And why was Greece's chief statistician charged with treason in 2013 for apparently doing nothing more than trying to accurately report the size of his country's economy? The answers to all these questions lie in the way …

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  • Full title :GDP : a brief but affectionate history / Diane Coyle.

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Why did the size of the U.S. economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013-or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U.K. financial industry show its fastest expansion ever at the end of 2008-just as the world's financial system went into meltdown? And why was Greece's chief statistician charged with treason in 2013 for apparently doing nothing more than trying to accurately report the size of his country's economy? The answers to all these questions lie in the way we define and measure national economies around the world: Gross Domestic Product. This entertaining.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2014

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  • Description:1 online resource (159 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781400849970, 1400849977, 9781306406758, 1306406757
  • oclc:ocn869735645
  • LC Classification:HC79.I5
  • Dewey Decimal:339.3/109

Table of Contents

From the 18th century to the 1930s: war and depression -- 1945 to 1975: the golden age -- The legacy of the 1970s: a crisis of capitalism -- 1995 to 2005: the new paradigm -- Our times: the Great Crash -- The future: 21st century GDP.

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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics Econometrics Econometrics -- History Économétrie -- Histoire Economic history Economics Economics -- History Économie politique -- Histoire GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT Gross domestic product -- History Histoire économique History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions Produit intérieur brut -- Histoire

Writers

Coyle, Diane

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