Since my book, [amazon_link id=”0691156794″ target=”_blank” ]GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History[/amazon_link], was published recently, I’ve been in publicity overdrive. If you’re not interested, look away now. If you are interested, here’s a round-up of the articles about the book by me and the reviews so far.
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Reviews:
Washington Post (Tyler Cowen)
Wall Street Journal, $, (James Grant)
Financial Times, (register or £) (Samuel Brittan)
The New York Times, Fred Andrews
3am Magazine (Richard Marshall)
The Australian, $, (Adam Creighton)
Mint (Niranjan Rajadhyaksha)
Finance & Devlopment (the IMF’s magazine), Todd Buchholz – scroll down
Featured in ‘The invention of “the economy”‘, Planet Money
Interview on Goldstein on Gelt
By me:
Beyond GDP, extract in Foreign Affairs
Aeon Magazine, Growing Pains
Financial World, A measure for error
Prospect, What GDP can’t tell us
Boston Globe: What the GDP Doesn’t Show About America
The Globalist: Warfare and the Invention of GDP
I’ve also reviewed Zachary Karabell’s book [amazon_link id=”1451651201″ target=”_blank” ]The Leading Indicators: A short history of the numbers that rule our world[/amazon_link] for the New York Times and will add the link when it’s out. It has a chapter on GDP. It complements my book rather than being a substitute for it!
Just to say now much I enjoyed your GDP book. If you have five minutes you might have a passing interest in my piece on the margins of the issue – http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/business-opinion/mike-loftus-gdp-grew-06-5379599
( it was published nearly nine months ago as the internal references make clear)
regards
Mike
Very nice column Mike – thanks for providing the link!
The Mises Institute was rather sniffy. The thesis that if you have GDP (and perhaps other statistics) they will lead to government control etc. so do not have them is rather shaky. The problem is the ruling lot not the figures. At least if the figures do tell you something it gives a basis for discussion and policy and hopefully a degree of guidance. Professor Allen was very good on this issue and the use and misuse of information and statistics in general.