Ebook: Looking forward : prediction and uncertainty in modern America
Author: Pietruska Jamie L.
- Tags: Forecasting -- Social aspects -- United States, Economic forecasting -- United States, Risk -- United States, Economic forecasting, Risk, United States
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- City: United States.
- Language: English
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In the decades after the Civil War, the world experienced monumental changes in industry, trade, and governance. As Americans faced this uncertain future, public debate sprang up over the accuracy and value of predictions, asking whether it was possible to look into the future with any degree of certainty. In 'Looking Forward', Jamie L. Pietruska uncovers a culture of prediction in the modern era, where forecasts Read more...