Statistical representations can shape not only which empirical problems economists see but also which theoretical concepts and tools remain
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date created: 2026-08-09T01:27:58.508Z
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is part of: Paper reconstruction — Dustin Avent-Holt & Alysha Bailey (2024), What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960
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Paper reconstruction — Dustin Avent-Holt & Alysha Bailey (2024), What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960
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text: Economic categories are produced through discursive demarcations, and material artefacts such as statistical representations help construct and enforce those demarcations.

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text: Economic categories are shaped by institutions and practices that construct economic life and shared understandings of the economy.

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text: A key process in creating economic categories is negotiating boundaries that define the economy, its parts, and their representation.

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text: Statistical representations are a central material culture used to define and make sense of the economy.

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text: Discursive demarcations are shaped by material processes and artefacts, including metrics, statistical representations, stylized facts, and legal statutes, which signal and enforce boundaries around economic objects.

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text: Existing statistical representations determine what empirical problems economists can see and, importantly, what they fail to see.

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