Statistics And The German State, 1900-1945: The Making Of Modern Economic Knowledge (cambridge Studies In Modern Economic History)
by J. Adam Tooze /
2001 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
