The Sum of Our Discontent

The Sum of Our Discontent 1 2 3 4 5, How Numbers Make Us Irrational

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This is a paperbound reprint of a 2001 work about which Book News wrote: The short answer is that a fetish for numbers makes people and peoples lose touch with their instincts, according to economist-at-large Boyle. He explores such aspects as a short history of counting, Robert Malthus and the death of moral statistics, damage by numbers, and the

Book information

ISBN: 9781587991677
Publisher: Thompson/Texere
Imprint: Thompson/Texere
Pub date:
DEWEY: 510
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 200
Weight: 345g
Height: 229mm
Width: 159mm
Spine width: 19mm