Fortune Tellers : the Story of America's First Economic Forecasters.

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The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men who defined this first wave of ec...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedman, Walter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Business forecasting > United States > History.
Economic forecasting > United States > History.
Economists > United States > Biography.
Prévision commerciale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Prévision économique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Économistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Forecasting.
Business forecasting
Economic forecasting
Economists
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Roger W. Babson: The Rule of Past Patterns; Chapter 2: Irving Fisher: The Economy as a Mathematical Model; Chapter 3: John Moody: The Bright Light of Transparency; Gallery of Business and Forecasting Charts; Chapter 4: C.J. Bullock and Warren Persons: The Harvard ABC Chart; Chapter 5: Wesley Mitchell and Herbert Hoover: Forecasting as Policy; Chapter 6: Visions of the Future; Postscript; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.

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