The sum of our discontent
Subtitle: 1 2 3 4 5, how numbers make us irrational
By: David Boyle.
Publisher: Thompson/Texere
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Number concept -- Popular works.; Statistics -- Social aspects.; Numbers, Real -- History.
Genres: Popular works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-198).
Table of contents: title: Introduction. A short history of counting; title: Jeremy Bentham and the measure of happiness; title: Damage by numbers; title: Robert Malthus and the death of moral statistics; title: The feelgood factor; title: Frederick Taylor's time machine; title: Toward an ethical profit line; title: The fine balance of John Maynard Keynes; title: The new indicators; title: Edgar Cahn and the price of everything; title: The bottom line.