Coyle, Diane. <br/><br/>
GDP :  a brief but affectionate history / 
Diane Coyle. 
 - 159 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-152) and index. 
<br/><br/>From the 18th century to the 1930s: war and depression -- 1945 to 1975: the golden age -- The legacy of the 1970s: a crisis of capitalism -- 1995 to 2005: the new paradigm -- Our times: the Great Crash -- The future: 21st century GDP. 
<br/><br/> Why did the size of the U S economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013 - or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U K financial industry show its fastest expansion ever at the end of 2008 - just as the world's financial system went into meltdown? This title deals with these questions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691156798 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 0691156794 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013022478 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gross domestic product--History.<br/>Economic history.<br/>Economics--History.<br/>Econometrics--History.<br/>Producto interno bruto--Historia.<br/>Historia económica.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC 79  / C881g 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>339.3109