Statistics and the German State, 1900-1945

The Making of Modern Economic Knowledge

AvJ. Adam Tooze

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Tooze provides an interpretation of the dramatic period of statistical innovation between 1900 and the end of World War II. At the turn of the century, virtually none of the economic statistics that we take for granted today were available. By 1944, the entire repertoire of modern economic statistics was being put to work in wartime economic management. As this book reveals, the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich were in the forefront of statistical innovation in the interwar decades. New ways of measuring the economy were inspired both by contemporary developments in macroeconomic theory and the needs of government. The Weimar Republic invested heavily in macroeconomic research. Under the Nazi regime, these statistical tools were to provide the basis for a radical experiment in economic planning. Based on the German example, this book presents the case for a more wide-ranging reconsideration of the history of modern economic knowledge.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-09-06
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:660 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History
Antal sidor:334
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521803182

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Ekonomisk historia inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

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'This is a book of unusual originality and sophistication. In the burgeoning literature of history of statistics, it is one of the first and unmistakably the best to focus on the production and use of economic numbers … He provides wonderful insights into the circumstances of the German economy during this traumatic era. In short, he makes the history of economics and of statistics speak to central questions of the historical development of state and economy in Germany … a work of impressive historical scholarship, a skilful disinterment of issues from a much-worked historical field … This is a superb book, which deserves to be issued in paperback so it can be widely read.' Ted Porter, Journal of Economic History

Innehållsförteckning

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Official statistics and the crisis of the Wilhelmine state; 2. The Republic's new numbers, 1918–23; 3. Weimar's macroeconomic statistics, 1924–29; 4. The crisis of Weimar's statistical establishment, 1930–3; 5. Statistics and the 'Strong State', 1933–6; 6. The radicalization of the Nazi regime and the death of official statistics, 1936–9; 7. World War II and the return of macroeconomics; Conclusion; Appendix: Wagemann's national economic account - explanatory notes; Bibliography; Index.