TY  - BOOK
ED  - Köster, Roman
ED  - Lenel, Laetitia
ED  - Fritsche, Ulrich
AB  - Few areas in economics are as controversial as economic forecasting. While the field has sparked great hopes for the prediction of economic trends and events throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, economic forecasts have often proved inaccurate or unreliable, thus provoking severe criticism in times of unpredicted crisis. Despite these failures, economic forecasting has not lost its importance. Futures Past considers the history and present state of economic forecasting, giving a fascinating account of the changing practices involved, their origins, records, and their implications. By bringing together economists, historians, and sociologists, this volume offers fresh perspectives on the place of forecasting in modern industrial societies, thereby making a broader claim for greater interdisciplinary cooperation in the history of economics.
DO  - 10.3726/b16817
ID  - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20201002_9783631818695_17
KW  - History
KW  - Research and development management
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Business studies: general
KW  - Public finance and taxation
KW  - Development economics and emerging economies
KW  - International economics
KW  - Industry and industrial studies
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/1bb1f8fa-d4f1-412e-afac-923a7747d4e3/9783631818695.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42375
PB  - Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
PP  - Bern
PY  - 2020
TI  - Futures Past. Economic Forecasting in the 20th and 21st Centurynull
ER  - 
