@techreport{NBERw2461, title = "Some Notes on the Scientific Methods of Simon Kuznets", author = "Robert W. Fogel", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "2461", year = "1987", month = "December", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w2461", abstract = {This paper discusses the scientific methods that guided the economic research of Simon Kuznets, with particular stress on his approach to measurement and theory. The paper closes with the transcription of a brief autobiographical talk by Kuznets at a dinner in honor of his eightieth birthday.}, }