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The Uncounted

Af: Alex Cobham Engelsk Hardback

The Uncounted

Af: Alex Cobham Engelsk Hardback
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What we count matters - and in a world where policies and decisions are underpinned by numbers, statistics and data, if you’re not counted, you don’t count. Alex Cobham argues that systematic gaps in economic and demographic data not only lead us to understate a wide range of damaging inequalities, but also to actively exacerbate them.  He shows how, in statistics ranging from electoral registers to household surveys and census data, people from disadvantaged groups, such as indigenous populations, women, and disabled people, are consistently underrepresented.  This further marginalizes them, reducing everything from their political power to their weight in public spending decisions. Meanwhile, corporations and the ultra-rich seek ever greater complexity and opacity in their financial affairs - and when their wealth goes untallied, it means they can avoid regulation and taxation. This brilliantly researched book shows how what we do and don’t count is not a neutral or ‘technical’ question: the numbers that rule our world are skewed by raw politics. Cobham forensically lays bare how these issues strike at the heart of our democracy, entrenching inequality and injustice – and outlines what we can do about it.
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What we count matters - and in a world where policies and decisions are underpinned by numbers, statistics and data, if you’re not counted, you don’t count. Alex Cobham argues that systematic gaps in economic and demographic data not only lead us to understate a wide range of damaging inequalities, but also to actively exacerbate them.  He shows how, in statistics ranging from electoral registers to household surveys and census data, people from disadvantaged groups, such as indigenous populations, women, and disabled people, are consistently underrepresented.  This further marginalizes them, reducing everything from their political power to their weight in public spending decisions. Meanwhile, corporations and the ultra-rich seek ever greater complexity and opacity in their financial affairs - and when their wealth goes untallied, it means they can avoid regulation and taxation. This brilliantly researched book shows how what we do and don’t count is not a neutral or ‘technical’ question: the numbers that rule our world are skewed by raw politics. Cobham forensically lays bare how these issues strike at the heart of our democracy, entrenching inequality and injustice – and outlines what we can do about it.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 200
ISBN-13: 9781509536016
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1509536019
Kategori: Politisk økonomi
Udg. Dato: 29 nov 2019
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 222mm
Højde: 144mm
Forlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Oplagsdato: 29 nov 2019
Forfatter(e): Alex Cobham
Forfatter(e) Alex Cobham

Kategori Politisk økonomi

ISBN-13 9781509536016

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 200

Udgave

Længde 24mm

Bredde 222mm

Højde 144mm

Udg. Dato 29 nov 2019

Oplagsdato 29 nov 2019

Forlag John Wiley and Sons Ltd