by David Boyle
categorization 6–7
causation 52, 99, 121, 191, 223–4
census 18, 61–4
Chadwick, Edwin xv, 16, 29, 65–82, 112, 125, 192
Chamberlain, Joseph 113, 115
Chambers, Robert 40–1
change 189, 192, 220, 226
chaos theory 37, 50
Charles, Prince of Wales 195, 226
child abuse 54–5
children 46, 89, 90–2, 101
cholera epidemic (1848–9) 75–9
cities 18, 73–4, 77, 110, 183–5, 187–90
Clark, Colin 164, 170
classification 21, 22, 25
Clinton, Bill 103, 191, 217–18
Clinton, Hillary 96
clocks 8–9, 81
Cobb, Clifford 180, 182
Cobbett, William 63, 64
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 36
common sense xiv, 92, 99, 191
complexity 45, 59, 82, 225
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur 33–4
Conrad, Joseph 106
consumer society xii, 90, 91, 170
control xv, 4, 7, 9, 39, 48, 57, 81, 160, 218
Coolidge, Calvin 160
cost-benefit analysis xv, 47–8, 51, 212, 214
environmental 196–201, 203, 211–12
Costs of Economic Growth, The (Mishan) 177, 200
Coulson, Walter 23
Counter Information
Services 144–5
countries 186, 190
creativity 28, 96, 103–4, 106, 155, 176, 215, 223, 224
crime 51–3, 54, 64, 102, 122, 176, 184, 186, 220
Crosby, Alfred 15, 150
CSERGE 208–9
Daly, Herman 180
definition xviii, xix, 7, 50, 52, 55, 98
Deming, W. Edwards 129–30, 151
democracy 48–9, 188
Deukmejian, George 95
Dickens, Charles 61, 68, 82, 174, 217
Dilnot, Andrew 43
divorce 89, 90–2
doctors xvii, xx, 37, 47, 48, 58, 72, 85–7, 184, 217, 221, 225
double entry book-keeping 11–12
DreamWorks SKG 133
Drucker, Peter 128, 135
drug abuse 94, 99, 102
Dumont, Pierre 26
Earth Summits 186, 206–7, 209, 210
Economic Consequences of the Peace, The (Keynes) 158
economic growth 170–2, 175–81, 191
economics 28, 102, 144, 181, 194, 225
alternative 177–83
econometrics 41, 155
environmental 198–200, 204, 207–10
Keynesian 154–6, 160–8, 172
economy, national xv, 156, 163–7, 169–70
education xii, xv, xviii, 45–6, 101, 106, 171, 215–16; see also schools
efficiency 59, 129
EIRIS 138, 139
Elkington, John 141–2, 150
emotion xix, 15, 33–5, 81, 224
emotional education 105–6
emotional indicators 102, 189
emotional intelligence 99–100, 106, 218
emotional
literacy 101–103, 106
and health 84–5, 100
Emotional Intelligence (Goleman) 99–100
Engels, Friedrich 53, 74
Entine, Jon 145
Enright, D.J. xix–xx
environment 137–9, 142, 170–1, 190, 191
cost-benefit analysis of 196–201, 203, 211
environmental economics 198–200, 204, 207–10
government and 194–6, 203–7
green taxes 197–8, 205–7
and national wealth 177–8, 180, 181
sustainability 196–7
Erasmus, Desiderius 105
Esalen Institute 104
ethics 28, 139, 157, 224
corporate xviii, 136–40, 141, 147–8, 224
economic 155
ethical auditing 140, 142–6
ethical investment xviii, 136–40, 190
green 209–11
medical 85
moral statistics 65, 67, 88, 121
Etzioni, Amitai 92
European Union 50, 87
Evans, Richard 142
Fabian Society 119, 123, 124, 126
facts 61, 67, 81–2, 125, 217, 220
Fallowfield, Lesley 84, 85
family 91–2, 94, 98, 100, 101
Farr, William 44, 223
feelgood factor 58, 89, 93, 95, 180
Findlay, Alan 184
First World War 153–4, 158, 162
Flowerdew, A.D.J. 202
For the Common Good (Cobb & Daly) 180
Ford, Henry 45, 141
Fragment on Government, A (Bentham) 20, 23
Frames of Mind (Gardner) 105
Francis, G.W. 109
Frankenstein (Shelley) 16
Franz, Marie-Louise von 225
Friedman, Milton 141
Galbraith, John Kenneth 102, 167–8, 170, 188
Gall, Franz-Joseph 109
Galton, Francis 109
Gardner, Howard 105
General Theory … (Keynes) 155, 163
genetics 222
geography 110
Gill, Gerry 41
global warming 195, 196, 199, 207, 208, 210–11
globalization 50–1
GNP 164, 167, 170, 172, 174, 177, 180–1, 191
God xviii, 4, 10, 11, 15, 160
Gog (Sinclair) 14
Goleman, Daniel 99–100, 106
Gossoin of Metz 8
Gould, Stephen Jay 105
government xii, 45–6, 112, 130, 157, 217
Bentham on 21, 25, 34
and environmentalism 194–7, 203–7
indicators 191
Gray, Rob 144
Green Consumer Guide, The (Elkington) 142
Greenhalgh, Trisha 86–7
Greenspan, Alan 180
Habermas, Jurgen 144
Hall, Sir Ernest 177
Halsey, A.H. 89
Halstead, Ted 180, 181, 187
Hammer, Michael 131
Handy, Charles 59–60
happiness xvi, xviii, 35, 36–7, 87–9, 126
Bentham and xv, 18, 19–21, 27–8; see also feelgood factor
Hard Times (Dickens) 61, 82, 174
Hardin, Stephen 224
Harrod, Sir Roy 176
Hazlitt, William 21
health 37, 46, 58, 72–8, 86, 100, 176, 220
Health of Towns Commission 73–5, 81
Heart Aroused, The (Whyte) 103
Heiser, Sir Terence 206
Helvétius, Claude-Adien 20
Henderson, Hazel 182, 188, 190, 192, 224
Hertz, Heinrich 5
Hill, Dr Andrew 90
history of counting 1–15
Holland, Lord 28
hospitals xv, 64
waiting lists xviii, 46, 184
housework 171, 179–80
housing 54, 55–7, 184, 201
How to Pay for the War (Keynes) 166
Howard, John 67
Hume, David 19
Hyndman, H.M. 114, 116
If Women Counted (Waring) 178–9
imagination 34, 41, 42, 106, 158, 215, 223, 225
indicators, local 182–92, 225
individuality xiv, 45, 87, 101, 125, 126, 155, 157, 223
infinity 10
information 50, 58, 128–9, 134, 149, 150
inspectors 65, 75, 77–8
Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability 143
intangibles xvii, 58, 132–5, 148, 212, 223
intellectual capital 132–3, 134–6, 141, 147
lectual Capitalwart) 134, 150
intelligence 37, 105, 135
emotional 99–100
IQ xv, 103, 105–6
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth 171
Internet companies xvii, 134, 149
intuition 41, 86, 92, 98, 99, 102, 104, 150, 151, 157–8, 172, 191, 202, 218, 223–
5
investment xii, xvii, 175
ethical xviii, 136–40, 190
irrational numbers 5
Jacob, William 81
James, Oliver 88
Japan 130–1, 139
judgement 217, 218, 221, 224
Jullien, Adolphe 51
Juran, J.W. 130
Kay, Dr James 72
Keleman, Stanley 94
Kelvin, Lord 13
Keynes, John Maynard xv, 153, 154–69, 172–3, 224
King, Lord 139
Kingfors, Per 149
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert 153–4
knowledge xviii, 58, 84, 129, 132–3, 134–6
Krugman, Paul 182
Kuznets, Simon 164, 169, 171, 179
Landmarks of Tomorrow (Drucker) 128
Langton, Archbishop Stephen 8
Lawrence, Gary 187–9
Leadbetter, Charles 58, 133
league tables xii, xviii, 45–6, 140, 219
Leghorn, Lisa 179
legislation 20–1, 23, 26, 69
Lenick, Marlene 89
Lev, Baruch 132
Levi, Primo 88
Lewis, Frankland 70–2
Life and Labour of the People of London (Booth) 108, 110–11, 115–23
Little Prince, The (Saint- Exupéry) 92, 128
Lloyd George, David 39, 124, 154, 158
logical positivism 159–60
London 18, 73–7, 80, 110–11, 115–24
London School of Economics 120, 125, 177
love 37, 215, 223
Lovins, Amory 204
Lubbock, Sir John 109
Macaulay, Charles Zachary 112
machines: humans as xiii–xiv, 34–5, 221–2
measuring machines 218
McKinsey & Co 37, 58
Macmillan, Harold 55
magic of numbers xix, 4–5, 14, 172, 226
Major, John 89, 206
Malthus, Thomas 63–4, 68
Mandelbrot, Benoit 37
Markandya, Anil 204
Marshall, Alfred 169
Marshall, Bethan 216
Marshall Plan 170
Marx, Karl 18, 156
Maslow, Abraham 104
Mayhew, Henry 110
measurements 50, 219
carcel 152
cat unit 83
cran 107
foot pound 227
gry 35
guz xx; man hour 193
momme 15
median lethal dose 213
open window 173
saros 60
skot 127
Medawar, Charles 144–5
medicine 37, 84–7; see also doctors; hospitals
Melanchthon, Philip 9
Melbourne, Lord 69
Meyer, Aubrey 208–9, 211
Microsoft xvii, 58, 133, 187
Middle Ages 7–9, 10, 15, 150
Mill, James 29–31
Mill, John Stuart 22, 30–5, 36, 82, 177
Mishan, E.J. 177–8, 200
Mismeasure of Man, The (Gould) 105
money 13, 28, 37, 51, 59, 91, 126, 128, 134, 155;
and wealth 169, 172, 173, 175–7, 181
Moore, G.E. 157
morality, see ethics
Morris, Arthur 184
Morris, William 221
Mosley, Sir Oswald 162
music 32
national accounting xv, 156, 163–7, 177, 179, 200
national wealth 169–73, 174–6
natural history 109
needs, hierarchy of 104–5
negative numbers 9, 11
Nelson, Donald 167
New Economics Foundation 142–5, 188, 189
new economy 106, 135
Newman, Cardinal John Henry 28, 214
Nicholas of Cusa 3
Nicholls, George 70
Nietzche, Frierich Wilhelm 19
non-measurable/- calculable xvi, 37–8, 58, 219, 223
Nonaka, Ikujiro 131
Norman, Montague 166
Normanby, Lord 73
notches 6
objectivity 42, 50, 57, 146, 220
obsessive compulsive disorder 88
opinion polls 184
Orbach, Susie 101, 102
Other People’s Children (Trollope) 91
Our Common Future (Brundtland Report) 196
Out of the Crisis (Deming) 130
Pacioli, Fra Luca 11–12, 13, 39, 134
Paine, Tom 20
Palmerston, Lord 79
Panopticon 23–4, 25, 216, 219
Panter-Downs, Mollie 165
parenting 89, 96, 176
Park, James 101–2
passions 22, 31, 34
Patten, Chris 198, 203–6
Pearce, David 195, 196–201, 203, 204–10
Peck, Scott 95
Pell, Claiborne 96
pension funds 136–8
Pensions Act (1908) 124
Petty, Sir William 169
Pfungst, Oskar 2–3
Philolaus 14
phrenology 109
Piaget, Jean 10
Pitt, William 24
Place, Francis 16, 29, 30
Places Rated Almanac 183–4
planning xvii, 187–8, 200–2
Pohl, Georg Friedrich 221
Political Economy (Mill) 33
politics xiv, xvii, 7, 18, 37, 42–5, 47, 48, 52, 55–8, 89, 93–4, 192, 217, 220
Politics for the Solar Age (Henderson) 182
Poor Law Commission 67–73, 124–5
population 61–4
Popper, Karl 50
Porritt, Jonathon 204
positivism 112, 114, 159–60
Potter, Thomas 62
poverty 37, 67–73, 112, 114–20, 124–6, 220
power xv, 42, 62
precision 7–9, 39, 51
prehistory 6
price 43, 171, 207–11, 215
Priestley, Joseph 20
prisons 93, 94, 96, 104, 176
Panopticon 23–4, 25
Proclos 5
professions xv, 40–1, 47–9
progress 170, 172, 175–7, 220–1
Genuine Progress Indicator 180–2
psychiatry 85, 217
psychology 2, 41, 84, 90
public health 72–80
Puttnam, David 106
Pythagoras 1, 4–5, 10, 12, 14, 172
quality xii, 12, 39, 42, 114, 131, 215
Total Quality Management 129–30
quality of life 84–6, 183–90
quantity 12, 114, 215
quantum effect 54–5, 56, 87, 192
questionnaires 27, 40, 41, 75, 85, 142
Quetelet, Adolphe 43–4
Quinn, James Brian 134
Quinn, Mr Justice 12
Races of Britain, The (Beddoe) 108
Rand McNally 183
Raoul de Laon 10
Rationale of Evidence (Bentham) 31
Rawlinson, Gen. Sir Henry 154
Rawlinson, Robert 78
Reagan, Ronald 94, 104, 170, 212
reality xix, 15, 40–1, 42, 192, 222
Redefining Progress 180–1, 187
reduction xix, 60, 106
Rees, Merlyn 199
Rees, William 190
registrars 18, 64–5
religion 28, 121–3, 215
Renaissance 9
research xiv, 87, 98, 216
Ricardo, David 28, 29
Ridley, Nicholas 196, 197–8, 204
Roddick, Anita 145, 151
Rogers, Carl 94, 104
Rogerson, Robert 184–5
Roget, Peter Mark 25
Roman numerals 7
Roosevelt, Franklin 161, 163, 167
Roskill Commission 200–2
Rowe, Jonathan 180, 181–2
Rowntree, Seebohm 120
Royal Statistical Society 116, 124
Ruskin, John 181
Russell, Bertrand 6, 125
Russell, Lord John 73
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Saaty, Tom 218
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de 92, 128
Sapsted, Anne-Marie 90
schools xv, xviii, 90, 122, 184
IQ tests 105–6
league tables xii, xviii, 45–6, 219
success measures 93, 96, 97, 99, 100, 106
Schrage, Michael 149
Schumacher, E.F. 172, 194, 214–15
science xv, 13, 14, 34, 36, 37, 41, 50, 109, 112, 220
Seattle xviii, 187–9, 190
Second World War 162–3, 165–8
Seddon, John 50
Self, Peter 202
self-esteem xviii, 90, 93, 94–102, 106, 224
Senior, Nassau 67
Seymour, Lord 78
Shaw, George Bernard 108, 117, 124, 126
Shell xviii, 138, 142–3
Shelley, Mary 16
Shewhart, Walter 130
Silverstein, Shel 60
Simon, Sir John 163
simplification 7, 12, 41, 60, 144
Sinclair, Andrew 14
single criterion fallacy 57, 59, 92, 150–1, 183
Skidelsky, Robert 155, 172
Skinner, B.F. 222
Small is Beautiful (Schumacher) 194, 214–15
Smith, Adam 169
Smith, Sydney 74
Snow, Dr John 79
social auditing 142–8, 150–1
Social Democratic Federation 114
socialism 113–14, 119, 125
society 44, 91–2, 171–2
sociology xiv, 41, 111, 114, 123
Southwood Smith, Thomas 16–17, 66, 69, 72–4, 78–9
Soviet Union 53–4
space, measurement of 8
Speke, John 110
Spencer, Lord 25
Stalinism 53, 55, 125, 161
standardisation 218
Stanley, Edward 109
statistics xii-xiv, xix, 3, 13, 41–4, 52, 55, 155, 220, 223
moral 65, 67, 88
official 61–5
pioneers of xv, xvii, 18, 43–4
statistical societies 74, 81
Stead, W.T. 114, 117
Steinem, Gloria 101
Stephen, Leslie 23
Stephenson, Robert 78
Stewart, Thomas 132, 133, 134, 147, 150
Strachey, Lytton 157, 158, 159
Subjugation of Women, The (Mill) 33
Sumeria 7
Summers, Larry 181
Sveiby, Karl-Erik 131–2, 134
Sylvester II, Pope 8
tally sticks 6
targets xii, 49, 151, 217, 219
Taylor, Frederick 129
Taylor, Harriet 32–3
technocrats 4, 160, 178, 191, 221
temperature 9
Ten Hours Bill 69–70, 75
Terman, Lewis 105
Thatcher, Margaret 194–6, 198, 203–5, 206
Thornton, William 62–3
Tickell, Sir Crispin 195, 208
time 8–9, 81
time and motion studies 45, 129
Treatise on Punishments (Bentham) 23
Trollope, Joanna 91
Trotsky, Leon 18–19
Trudeau, Garry 98
trust 47–9, 103, 216, 218, 225
truth xiv, 34, 47, 59
UK Self Esteem Network 101
United Nations 40, 186, 190, 196, 199, 204
universities 216
US Army Corps of Engineers 48, 51