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Book Review: How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics by Lorenzo Fioramonti | LSE Review of Books

▻http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2014/02/21/book-review-how-numbers-rule-the-world-by-lorenzo-fioramonti

Signalé par Elisabeth Vallet

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GDP drives our economies. Stock market indices flood our media and national debates. Statistical calculations define how we deal with climate change, poverty and sustainability. But what is behind these numbers? In this book, Lorenzo Fioramonti sets out to show how numbers have been used as a means to reinforce the grip of markets on our social and political life, curtailing public participation and rational debate. Stuart Astill finds it to be a well written book, blending together knowledge from different fields into a coherent and readable whole. Of interest to economists, statisticians and especially those studying all aspects of power and politics.

#data #statistiques #visualisations

How Numbers Rule the World: An Interview with Lorenzo Fioramonti
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Numbers bring the appearance of neutrality that helps eliminate political contestation. Yet there is no public scrutiny on the methods and formulae used to calculate these costs and benefits. As a matter of fact, these calculations only value what has a formal price and, above all, never tell us how costs and benefits will be shared in society.

#statistiques #PIB #marche_carbone