Measurement of National Income and the Construction of Social Accounts

Contents (3) Editorial Note (4) Preface (5) Method of Approach (7) Usefulness of an Over-all System of Social Accounts (9) Tabular Framework (9) Basis for International Comparison (18) Advantages of the Recommended System of Accounts (19) Appendix: Definition and Measurement of the National Income and Related Totals — Memorandum submitted by Richard Stone (21) Contents (21) 1. Introduction (23) 2. The Social Accounts (26) 3. A Working System of Social Accounting (37) 4. The Content of the System of Accounts (54) 5. The National Income and Other Aggregates of Transactions (79) 6. Methods for extending the System in Detail (87) 7. Some Economic Problems involved in defining and interpreting Accounting Systems (91) 8. Statistical Sources and Practical Problems of Measurement (94) 9. The Advantages of a Social Accounting Approach (112) Index to Appendix (115)