Capital in the nineteenth century / Robert E. Gallman and Paul W. Rhode.

When we think about history, we often think about people, events, ideas, and revolutions, but what about the numbers? What do the data tell us about what was, what is, and how things changed over time? Economist Robert E. Gallman (1926-98) gathered extensive data on US capital stock and created a le...

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Online Access: Full Text (via University Press Scholarship Online)
Main Authors: Gallman, Robert E. (Author), Rhode, Paul Webb (Author)
Other title:Chicago scholarship online.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Series:NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
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