# America by the Numbers

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- Book: [America by the Numbers](https://www.bookquiver.com/emmanuel-didier/america-by-the-numbers) ([America by the Numbers.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/emmanuel-didier/america-by-the-numbers.md))
- Authors: [Emmanuel Didier](https://www.bookquiver.com/emmanuel-didier), [Priya Vari Sen](https://www.bookquiver.com/priya-vari-sen)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6253-837-4
- Pages: 432
- Published: 2020-04-07
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

How new techniques of quantification shaped the New Deal and American democracy. When the Great Depression struck, the US government lacked tools to assess the situation; there was no reliable way to gauge...