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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedman, Walter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Economists.
Economic forecasting.
Business forecasting.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Forecasting.
Économistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Prevision economique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Prevision commerciale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Economists > United States > Biography.
Economic forecasting > United States > History.
Business forecasting > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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