Download or read book The Sum of the Satisfactions written by Duncan McDowall and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our age of measurement, economic numbers - productivity, inflation, unemployment, gross domestic product - inform the decisions of both citizen and state. Since World War II, Canada has been at the global forefront in developing a set of national accounts that measure every beat of our economic pulse. The story of our national accounts - today administered by Statistics Canada - involves courage, personal tragedy, and a Canadian knack for innovation.