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By Doctor Lorenzo Fioramonti

ISBN-10: 1780322674

ISBN-13: 9781780322674

ISBN-10: 1780322682

ISBN-13: 9781780322681

Numbers dominate worldwide politics and, consequently, our daily lives. credits rankings steer monetary markets and will make or holiday the way forward for whole countries. GDP drives our economies. inventory industry indices flood our media and nationwide debates. Statistical calculations outline how we take care of weather swap, poverty and sustainability. yet what's at the back of those numbers?

In How Numbers Rule the area, Lorenzo Fioramonti finds the hidden agendas underpinning using facts and people who keep an eye on them. so much worryingly, he indicates how numbers were used as a method to augment the grip of markets on our social and political existence, curbing public participation and rational debate.

An leading edge and well timed exposé of the politics, energy and contestation of numbers.

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