Statistics and the German State, 1900–1945
The Making of Modern Economic Knowledge
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- Author: J. Adam Tooze, Jesus College, Cambridge
- Date Published: September 2001
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- isbn: 9780521803182
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Tooze provides an interpretation of the period of dramatic statistical innovation between 1900 and 1945. The Weimar Republic and the Third Reich were in the forefront of statistical innovation in the interwar decades. New ways of measuring the economy were inspired both by contemporary developments in macroeconomic theory and the needs of government. Under the Nazi regime, these statistical tools provided the basis for a radical experiment in economic planning. Based on the German example, Tooze argues for a more wide-ranging reconsideration of the history of modern economic knowledge.
Read more- Looks at the history of practical efforts to measure the economy rather than the history of academic economic history
- Shows that Germany was a leading innovator in economic statistics
- Shows that the Nazi regime made extensive use of sophisticated macroeconomic data in its efforts to plan the war effort
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"...Tooze's book succeeds in raising crucial issues on the relations among politics, knowledge, and technology, and it should stimulate future investigations on these issues and become a standard reference." American Historical Review
See more reviews"The first half of this book, particularly, should be mandatory reading for everyone interested in the history of economic thought..." EH.NET
"This important and interesting book will be of great value not only to discussions of German political economy in the first half of the twentieth century but also to debates about economic knowledge and how it develops." Business Historical Review
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- Date Published: September 2001
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521803182
- length: 334 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.66kg
- contains: 2 b/w illus. 9 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Glossary and abbreviations
Introduction
1. Official statistics and the crisis of the Wilhelmine state
2. The Republic's new numbers, 1918–23
3. Weimar's macroeconomic statistics, 1924–29
4. The crisis of Weimar's statistical establishment, 1930–3
5. Statistics and the 'Strong State', 1933–6
6. The radicalization of the Nazi regime and the death of official statistics, 1936–9
7. World War II and the return of macroeconomics
Conclusion
Appendix: Wagemann's national economic account - explanatory notes
Bibliography
Index.
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