Description: An anthropological account of how rankings, statistics and numbers are reshaping the world we live in
Review Quotes: 'A new and compelling argument for why so many institutions continue to be spellbound by rankings and metrics - despite the cultural carnage they cause in schools, hospitals, universities, corporations and governmental agencies. How can we halt this 'death by audit' craze that has swept through modern society like a deadly virus? In this thought provoking book, the authors develop a radical agenda that will strike fear into number-loving technocrats around the world.'
Peter Fleming, author of Dark Academia: How Universities Die