robert j gordon the rise and fall of american growth

A critical voice in the most pressing debates of our time, The Rise and Fall of American Growth is at once a tribute to a century of radical change and a harbinger of tougher times to come. It focuses on the technologies that are essential for society today and their impact on productivity and general well being over time. Robert Gordon contends that the nation's productivity growth will be further held back by the headwinds of rising inequality, stagnating education, an aging population, and the rising debt of college students and the federal government, and that we must find new solutions. The Rise and Fall of American Growth documents the technological progress adopted in the US over the last 150 years. Standard of Living Since the Civil War MP3 CD Unabridged, 25 October 2016 by Robert J Gordon (Author), Michael Butler Murray (Reader) 438 ratings Part of: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World (49 books) See all formats and editions Kindle 24.

But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, The Rise and Fall of American Growth challenges the view that economic growth will continue unabated, and demonstrates that the life-altering scale of innovations between 18 cannot be repeated. (PDF) The Rise and Fall of American Economic Growth Home Econ Development Economics Economic Growth The Rise and Fall of American Economic Growth Authors: Richard Yue Chim Wong. Gordon The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable.

How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threat

Robert j gordon the rise and fall of american growth