Political arithmetic : Simon Kuznets and the empirical tradition in economics /
Robert William Fogel, Enid M. Fogel, Mark Guglielmo, and Nathaniel Grotte.
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013
- xiii, 148 pages ; 24 cm.
- NBER series on long-term factors in economic development .
- NBER series on long-term factors in economic development. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-133) and index.
Introduction: the amazing twentieth century -- The rise of academic economists before World War I -- The early history of the NBER -- The emergence of national income accounting as a tool of economic policy -- The use of national income accounting to study comparative economic growth -- The scientific methods of Simon Kuznets -- Further aspects of the legacy of Simon Kuznets -- The quarter century since the death of Simon Kuznets.
9780226256610 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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Kuznets, Simon, 1901-1985 --Influence.
National Bureau of Economic Research.
Economics--Research--United States. National income--Accounting--History--United States--20th century.