From statistics to development: the Historical School of Economics and the International Statistical Institute

M. Rempe
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ABSTRACT When the International Statistical Institute (ISI) was founded in London in 1885, it assembled statisticians and demographers, as well as engineers and even entrepreneurs. Most of all, however, it brought together economists, which quickly made the ISI the most important international forum for the discipline. Based on intensive study of official ISI publications as well as the correspondence and writings of its members, the article first describes the foundation of the ISI from the perspective of the growing discipline of economics, and with a particular eye on followers of the younger German Historical School of Economics. Focusing on labour statistics, it then delves into one field of activity of this group of Institute members more thoroughly in order to reflect their contribution to the concept of economic development, whose origins are usually located in the context of ninetenth-century colonialism. Ultimately, the article makes the case for attributing to the International Statistical Institute its due place and significance in the intellectual history of development thinking.
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从统计到发展:历史经济学院和国际统计研究所
当国际统计研究所(ISI)于1885年在伦敦成立时,它聚集了统计学家和人口学家,以及工程师,甚至企业家。然而,最重要的是,它将经济学家聚集在一起,使ISI迅速成为该学科最重要的国际论坛。基于对ISI官方出版物以及其成员的通信和著作的深入研究,本文首先从不断发展的经济学学科的角度描述了ISI的基础,并特别关注了年轻的德国历史经济学派的追随者。然后,报告以劳工统计为重点,更深入地探讨这组研究所成员的一个活动领域,以便反映他们对经济发展概念的贡献,经济发展的起源通常是在十九世纪殖民主义的背景下。最后,文章对赋予国际统计研究所在发展思想思想史上应有的地位和意义进行了论证。
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