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How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics

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How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics - Fioramonti, Lorenzo
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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 ...

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How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics 2014, Zed Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781780322674

Paperback

How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics 2014, Zed Books Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781780322681

Hardcover