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Economies ‘Lost’ in Time

In: Economics without Time

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  • Graeme Donald Snooks

    (Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University)

Abstract

It is sometimes claimed by general historians, possibly with a degree of satisfaction, that quantitative economic history will always be restricted to the modern period owing to the lack of reliable statistical data before the seventeenth century. As one well-known scholar has recently written:’ Unfortunately, economic statistics from the distant past are very, very poor, or they are simply not available at the macro- or whole society level, so that we cannot go in for real measurement. This is no field for the strict cliometrician, who thus misses working on some fascinating periods . . . or doing much comparative work – at least until cliometricians start compiling more of their own statistical series from primary resources.

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  • Graeme Donald Snooks, 1993. "Economies ‘Lost’ in Time," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Economics without Time, chapter 5, pages 165-205, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37381-5_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230373815_6
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