The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War (Revised)
Robert J. Gordon
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Description
How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threat
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. 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.Product Details
Price
$26.95
$25.06
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publish Date
August 29, 2017
Pages
784
Dimensions
5.3 X 8.0 X 1.8 inches | 2.18 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780691175805
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About the Author
Robert J. Gordon is professor in social sciences at Northwestern University. His books include Productivity Growth, Inflation, and Unemployment and Macroeconomics. Gordon was included in the 2016 Bloomberg list of the nation's most influential thinkers.
Reviews
"One of the Washington Post's Best Economics Books 2016"
"One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy"
"One of The NewYorker.com Page-Turner blog's "The Books We Loved in 2016""
"One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016"
"One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016"
"Longlisted for the 2016 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, McGill University"
"Winner of the 2017 Excellence in Financial Journalism Book Award, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants"
"[The Rise and Fall of American Growth] is this year's equivalent to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century an essential read for all economists, who are unanimously floored by its boldness and scope even if they don't agree with its conclusions."---Adam Davidson, New York Times Magazine
"Shortlisted for the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award"
"One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 in History"
"Robert Gordon's The Rise and Fall of American Growth is an extraordinary work of economic scholarship. . . . Moreover, this is one of the rare economics books that is on the one hand deeply analytical . . . And on the other a pleasure to read. . . . [A] landmark work."---Lawrence Summers, Prospect
"#36 on Bloomberg's "50 Most Influential" List"
"One of Foreign Affairs' Editors' Picks 2016"
"Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American Publishers"
"A New York Times Bestseller"
"One of The Economist's Economics and Business Books of the Year 2016"
"One of Bloomberg View's "Five Books to Change Conservatives' Minds," chosen by Cass Sunstein"
"One of Bloomberg's Best Books of 2016"
"One of The Wall Street Journal's "The 20 Books That Defined Our Year" 2016"
"One of Bloomberg View's Great History Books of 2016"
"One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy"
"One of The NewYorker.com Page-Turner blog's "The Books We Loved in 2016""
"One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016"
"One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016"
"Longlisted for the 2016 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, McGill University"
"Winner of the 2017 Excellence in Financial Journalism Book Award, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants"
"[The Rise and Fall of American Growth] is this year's equivalent to Thomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century an essential read for all economists, who are unanimously floored by its boldness and scope even if they don't agree with its conclusions."---Adam Davidson, New York Times Magazine
"Shortlisted for the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award"
"One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 in History"
"Robert Gordon's The Rise and Fall of American Growth is an extraordinary work of economic scholarship. . . . Moreover, this is one of the rare economics books that is on the one hand deeply analytical . . . And on the other a pleasure to read. . . . [A] landmark work."---Lawrence Summers, Prospect
"#36 on Bloomberg's "50 Most Influential" List"
"One of Foreign Affairs' Editors' Picks 2016"
"Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American Publishers"
"A New York Times Bestseller"
"One of The Economist's Economics and Business Books of the Year 2016"
"One of Bloomberg View's "Five Books to Change Conservatives' Minds," chosen by Cass Sunstein"
"One of Bloomberg's Best Books of 2016"
"One of The Wall Street Journal's "The 20 Books That Defined Our Year" 2016"
"One of Bloomberg View's Great History Books of 2016"
