Official Statistics-A Plaything of Politics? : On the Interaction of Politics, Official Statistics, and Ethical Principles

Introduction.- 1 Power and Morality.- 2 On the History of Statistics and Policy Making.- 3 Ethical Norms for Statistical Work.- 4 Censuses in the Soviet Union and Afterwards.- 5 Population Statistics and the Final Solution under National Socialism.- 6 Greece's Reckoning with an Honourable Statistician.- 7 Digitalisation and a Pandemic.- 8 Globalisation and Official Statistics.- 9 Ireland's Miraculous Economic Growth.- 10 Happiness and Happiness Researchers.- 11 National Egoism or International Cooperation.- 12 World-View Statistics.- Conclusions.- Bibliography.