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Tracking GDP for the Roman Empire
22nd July 2008
The Today Programme on Radio 4 had a spell-binding interview with an economic historian who has devoted virtually the whole of his working life to creating national income statistics for the world economy - data that we can use today to enrich and deepen our understanding of why some countries grow faster than others. Click here for a discussion between Evan Davis and the historian Angus Maddison, Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Groningen. He explains how you can work out the GDP of the Roman Empire! And here is a link to his most important work.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.