Political arithmetic : Simon Kuznets and the empirical tradition in economics - Fogel, Robert William; Fogel, Enid M.; Guglielmo, Mark.; Grotte, Nathaniel (Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013)
Introduction: the amazing twentieth century -- The rise of academic economists before World War I -- The early history of the NBER -- The emergence of national income accounting as a tool of economic policy -- The use of national income accounting to study comparative economic growth -- The scientific methods of Simon Kuznets -- Further aspects of the legacy of Simon Kuznets -- The quarter century since the death of Simon Kuznets.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-133) and index.
Keywords: Kuznets, Simon, -- 1901-1985 -- Influence; Economics -- Research -- United States; National income -- United States -- Accounting -- History -- 20th century; Economía -- Investigaciones -- Estados Unidos; Rentas nacionales -- Contabilidad -- Historia -- Estados Unidos -- Siglo; National Bureau of Economic Research