Robert McNamara developed the national income accounts in the early 1970s to document spending on the Vietnam War.

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Robert McNamara was not responsible for developing the national income accounts. The national income accounts were actually first developed in the 1930s by economists like Simon Kuznets. McNamara did serve as Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War and was involved in decisions about military spending, but he did not develop the national income accounts.

Robert McNamara Developed the National Income Accounts in the Early