Zarys historii rachunków narodowych
The outline of national accounts history

Summary/Abstract: The system of national accounts is an international standard applied by most countries in order to present national economy in a complete manner. The development of this system results from variety of researches and discussion undertaken by scientists. Theories concerning national income and its measure had been the subject of scientific deliberation for several centuries before the term ”national accounts” was adopted by the economists. The aim of the article is to introduce the concepts that can be considered as the foundation of the current, global system of national accounts. The first part of the study provides an overview of the output of researchers who contributed to the establishment of modern national accounts methodology. The second part describes the evolution of the national income measurement in Poland (the conversion from the material production to the European system of national and regional accounts).

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