The Pricing of Progress
Economic Indicators and the Capitalization of American Life
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Statistics, Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Eli Cook | ISBN: | 9780674982543 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | September 25, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eli Cook |
| ISBN: | 9780674982543 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | September 25, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
How did Americans come to quantify their society’s well-being in units of money? In our GDP-run world, prices are the measure of not only goods and commodities but our environment, communities, nation, even self-worth. Eli Cook shows how, and why, we moderns lost sight of earlier social and moral metrics that did not put a price on everyday life.
How did Americans come to quantify their society’s well-being in units of money? In our GDP-run world, prices are the measure of not only goods and commodities but our environment, communities, nation, even self-worth. Eli Cook shows how, and why, we moderns lost sight of earlier social and moral metrics that did not put a price on everyday life.
