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oapen-20.500.12657-423752022-07-08T09:17:50Z Futures Past. Economic Forecasting in the 20th and 21st Century Köster, Roman Lenel, Laetitia Fritsche, Ulrich History Research and development management Economic history Business studies: general Public finance and taxation Development economics and emerging economies International economics Industry and industrial studies bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCB Macroeconomics bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCH Econometrics::KCHS Economic statistics bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCJ Economic forecasting bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history 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. 2020-10-02T07:46:57Z 2020-10-02T07:46:57Z 2020 book ONIX_20201002_9783631818695_17 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42375 eng Literatur – Kultur – Oekonomie / Literature – Culture – Economy application/pdf n/a 9783631818695.pdf Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/b16817 10.3726/b16817 e927e604-2954-4bf6-826b-d5ecb47c6555 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin ac7aa491-fd52-447f-a2bb-3e8052dc41dd 5 220 Bern Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Humboldt-Universität open access
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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.
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