GDP : a brief but affectionate history
Title:
GDP : a brief but affectionate history
Author:
Coyle, Diane.
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Publication Information:
Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
159 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary:
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? This title deals with these questions.
Language:
English
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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ISBN:
9780691156798
Format :
Book