# Indicatorization ![[indicatorization.jpg]] It's not me that made that number large, it's the board's emphasis [Indicators as a Technology of Global Governance](../Documents%20c1d234f79b38480bbfa8ba05843101e7/Indicators%20as%20a%20Technology%20of%20Global%20Governance%20a8a1d951c0784dc48beea921ca42b176.md) Indicators obscure, "" according to a 2012 talk by Matthew Kurtz titled "*[A Critical History of Money Management in Higher Education](../Documents%20c1d234f79b38480bbfa8ba05843101e7/A%20Critical%20History%20of%20Money%20Management%20in%20Higher%20E%2085c6d30e97614cf39ce6c9e684e372e6.md)"* The numbers have force effect and agency. [The world of indicators: the making of governmental knowledge through quantification](../Documents%20c1d234f79b38480bbfa8ba05843101e7/The%20world%20of%20indicators%20the%20making%20of%20governmental%2067371b46795a480e98a9f89d7e2df59b.md) hones in on difficult cases of quantification: from post apartheid restitution to domestic violence. Global Happiness index Big mac index Women excluded from GDP because child-rearing is not part of the economy