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100	1		_aCoyle, Diane, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGDP : _ba brief but affectionate history / _cDiane Coyle.
246	3		_aGross Domestic Product
250			_aRevised edition.
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2015.
300			_a184 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aPrevious edition: 2014.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aWhy did the size of the US economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013 - or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the UK financial industry show its fastest expansion ever at the end of 2008 - just as the world's financial system went into meltdown? And why was Greece's chief statistician charged with treason in 2013 for apparently doing nothing more than trying to accurately report the size of his country's economy? The answers to all these questions lie in the way we define and measure national economies around the world: Gross Domestic Product. This book tells the story of GDP, making sense of a statistic that appears constantly in the news, business, and politics, and that seems to rule our lives - but that hardly anyone actually understands.
521			_aSpecialized.
650		0	_aGross domestic product _xHistory.
650		0	_aEconomic history.
650		0	_aEconomics _xHistory.
650		0	_aEconometrics _xHistory.
650		7	_aEconomics. _2eflch
650		7	_aEconomics. _2ukslc
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