The political arithmetic of price -- Seeing like a capitalist -- The spirit of non-capitalism -- The age of moral statistics -- The hunt for growth -- The coronation of King Capital -- State of statistical war -- The pricing of progressivism -- Epilogue: Toward GDP

Excerpt from Report of the Minority of the Directors of the Boston and Maine Railroad, to the Stockholders: Annual Meeting at Exeter, N. H., September 10, 1856 The undersigned, a minority of the Board of Directors of the Boston and Maine Railroad, believing it to be the duty of Directors to present to you a full and accurate exposition of the affairs of the Company, in order that you may be truly informed of its condition, and how your Trustees have managed its busi ness, and thereby be better enabled to decide what measures should be taken to preserve your property, have not approved the Report made to you by order of a majority of the Directors, but desired you should be notified of our dissent to the same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.