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Statistics and the Wealth of Nations
Author(s) -
Stigler Stephen M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international statistical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.051
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1751-5823
pISSN - 0306-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2005.tb00277.x
Subject(s) - prosperity , statistics , simple (philosophy) , politics , quality (philosophy) , econometrics , mathematics , economics , political science , economic growth , philosophy , epistemology , law
Summary The relationship of statistics and national prosperity is not a simple causal one, but some historical examples suggest a persistent association. A number of examples are considered, from the political arithmetic of the seventeenth century to the quality assurance methods of the 1950s, and a few speculative conclusions are offered.