In The Power of a Single Number, Philipp Lepenies tells the lively, unpredictable history of GDP's political acceptance—and eventual dominance. Since it was first widely used in the mid-twentieth century, GDP (gross domestic product) has become the world's most powerful statistical indicator...

This book offers a comprehensible overview of essential theories in the history of economic thought. The discussion covers economic ideas from ancient times to neoliberalism. Univ. Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Gerhard Kolb(Universität Hildesheim)