The cost of living in America: a political history of economic statistics, 1880 - 2000
In this book, Stapleford interweaves economic theory with political history to create a novel account of the quantitative knowledge that underpins much of American political economy. Demonstrating that statistical calculations inevitably require political judgments, he reveals what choices were made...
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| Summary: | In this book, Stapleford interweaves economic theory with political history to create a novel account of the quantitative knowledge that underpins much of American political economy. Demonstrating that statistical calculations inevitably require political judgments, he reveals what choices were made in constructing and using cost-of-living statistics and why those choices matter both for our understanding of American history and for contemporary political and economic life. --from publisher description |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Autor: Stapleford, Thomas A
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Contents
List ofFigures, Charts, and Fahles page ix
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
A Note on Terminology and Technical Theory 16
PART I. STATISTICS AND LABOR REFORM, 1880-1930:
CENTRALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
1. Before There Were Indexes: The Labor Question
and Labor Statistics, 1880-1910 22
2. The Cost of Living in Peace and War: Statistics and
Economic Management, 1910-1918 59
3. Searching for Normalcy: Cost-of-Living Statistics and
Industrial Relations in the 1920s 96
PART II. RATIONALIZING THE DEMOCRATIC
POLITICAL ORDER, 1930-1960: COST-OF-LIVING
STATISTICS IN THE HEART OF THE NEW DEAL
4. The Nature of a Revolution: The Bureau of Labor Statistics
in the New Deal 145
5. Tracking an Elusive Home-Front Enemy : Price Indexes
and Wage Adjustment 184
6. Statistics from the Bottom Up: Union Research on
the Cost of Living 219
vüi Contents
7. Bounded Conflict: Collective Bargaining and the
Consumer Price Index in the Cold War 253
PART III. THE CPI AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, 1960-2000: A WELFARE INDEX
FOR THE WELFARE STATE
8. Accounting for Growth: Macroeconomic Analysis and the
Transformation of Price Index Theory 297
9. From Workers to the Weifare State: The Consumer
Price Index and the Rise of Indexation 342
Epilogue: Governance and Economic Statistics 382
Fechnical Appendix: A Brief Primer on Cost-of-Living Indexes 395
Index 401
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