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
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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.

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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.

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