Re: HDI, GNP and the PPP factor

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On measuring the unmeasurable, 3.5 centuries ago, Sir William Petty, was devising
ways to measure the economy.

I wonder how silly we will look in the future, unless we continue to destroy the
future.

Routh, Guy. 1977. The Origin of Economic Ideas (New York: Vintage).
   45: In comparing wealth of Holland and Zealand, he takes 2 guesses by 2 other
people, doesn't like the result and so uses his own guess.  He estimates the
population of France from a book that says that it has 27,000 parishes and another
that says that it would be extraordinary if a parish had 600 people.  He estimates
500 people per parish and a population of 13.5 million.



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