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1 online resource |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 economic fortune tellers, men such as Roger Babson, Irving Fisher, John Moody, C.J. Bullock, and Warren Persons. They competed to sell their distinctive methods of prediction to investors and businesses, and thrived in the boom years that followed World War I. Yet, almost to a man, they failed to pr |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-260) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Business forecasting -- United States -- History
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Economic forecasting -- United States -- History
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Economists -- United States -- Biography
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Forecasting.
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Business forecasting
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Economic forecasting
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Economists
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1306081874 |
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9781306081870 |
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9781400849864 |
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1400849861 |
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