Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. The Political Arithmetic of Price 17
5. 2. Seeing like a Capitalist 43
6. 3. The Spirit of Non-Capitalism 74
7. 4. The Age of Moral Statistics 100
8. 5. The Hunt for Growth 128
9. 6. The Coronation of King Capital 159
10. 7. State of Statistical War 191
11. 8. The Pricing of Progressivism 223
12. Epilogue: Toward GDP 255
13. Notes 269
14. Acknowledgments 339
15. Index 343