The Pricing of Progress: Economic Indicators and the Capitalization of American Life by Eli Cook

The Pricing of Progress: Economic Indicators and the Capitalization of American Life

Eli Cook

368 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction economics history challenging informative medium-paced
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How did Americans come to quantify their society's progress and well-being in units of money? In today's GDP-run world, prices are the standard measure of not only our goods and commodities but our environment, our communities, our nation, even ou...

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