THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN GROWTH by Robert J. Gordon, Robert J. Gordon ( 9780691175805 )

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Title:

THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN GROWTH
THE U.S. STANDARD OF LIVING SINCE THE CIVIL WAR

By:

Robert J. Gordon, Robert J. Gordon

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Paperback

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0691175802

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9780691175805

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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

4 August, 2017

Edition:

Revised edition

Pages:

784

Synopsis:

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. 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 1870 and 1970 cannot be repeated. 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. 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.

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96 b/w illus., 32 tables

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Imprint:

Princeton University Press

Prizes:

Winner of 2017 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American Winner of 2017 Excellence in Financial Journalism Book Award, New York Commended for A "New York Times" Bestseller 2016 Short-listed for Bloomberg View's Great History Books of 2016 2016 Short-listed for "Financial Times" (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016 2016 Short-listed for "Foreign Affairs'" Editors' Picks 2016 2016 Short-listed for "The Economist"'s Economics and Business Books of the Year Short-listed for "The Wall Street Journal"'s "The 20 Books That Defined Our Short-listed for Bloomberg View's "Five Books to Change Conservatives'

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