Description: How Numbers Rule the World Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics Author(s): Lorenzo Fioramonti Format: Hardback Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom Imprint: Zed Books Ltd ISBN-13: 9781780322681, 978-1780322681 Synopsis Numbers dominate global politics and, as a result, our everyday lives. Credit ratings steer financial markets and can make or break the future of entire nations. GDP drives our economies. Stock market indices flood our media and national debates. Statistical calculations define how we deal with climate change, poverty and sustainability. But what is behind these numbers? In How Numbers Rule the World, Lorenzo Fioramonti reveals the hidden agendas underpinning the use of statistics and those who control them. Most worryingly, he shows how numbers have been used as a means to reinforce the grip of markets on our social and political life, curtailing public participation and rational debate. An innovative and timely expose of the politics, power and contestation of numbers.
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Book Title: How Numbers Rule the World
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: How Numbers Rule the World: the Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Economics, Politics
Item Height: 216 mm
Item Weight: 503 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Doctor Lorenzo Fioramonti
Subject Area: Social Research
Series: Economic Controversies
Item Width: 138 mm
Format: Hardcover
