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100	1		_aGordon, Robert J. _q(Robert James), _d1940- _eauthor. _9296245
245	1	4	_aThe rise and fall of American growth : _bthe U.S. standard of living since the Civil War / _cRobert J. Gordon.
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2016]
300			_axii, 762 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm.
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337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aThe Princeton economic history of the Western world
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 667-743) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: the ascent and descent of growth -- Part I. 1870-1940--The great inventions create a revolution inside and outside the home. The starting point: life and work in 1870 -- What they ate and wore and where they bought it -- The American home: from dark and isolated to bright and networked -- Motors overtake horses and rail: inventions and incremental improvements -- From telegraph to talkies: information, communication, and entertainment -- Nasty, brutish, and short: illness and early death -- Working conditions on the job and at home -- Taking and mitigating risks: consumer credit, insurance, and the government -- Entr'acte. The midcentury shift from revolution to evolution -- Part II. 1940-2015--The Golden Age and the early warnings of slower growth. Fast food, synthetic fibers, and split-level subdivisions: the slowing transformation of food, clothing, and housing -- See the USA in your Chevrolet or from a plane flying high above -- Entertainment and communications from Milton Berle to the iPhone -- Computers and the internet from the mainframe to Facebook -- Antibiotics, CT scans, and the evolution of health and medicine -- Work, youth, and retirement at home and on the job -- Entr'acte. Toward an understanding of slower growth -- Part III. The sources of faster and slower growth. The great leap forward from the 1920s to the 1950s: what set of miracles created it? -- Innovation: can the future match the great inventions of the past? -- Inequality and the other headwinds: long-run American economic growth slows to a crawl -- Postscript: America's growth achievement and the path ahead.
520			_aExamines the economic growth of the United States since the Civil War, arguing that the rate of growth between 1870 and 1970 cannot be repeated and that a number of issues are further stagnating the already slow rate of productivity growth.
520			_a"In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, home appliances, motor vehicles, air travel, air conditioning, and television transformed households and workplaces. With medical advances, life expectancy between 1870 and 1970 grew from forty-five to seventy-two years. Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, The Rise and Fall of American Growth provides an in-depth account of this momentous era. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? Gordon challenges the view that economic growth can or will continue unabated, and he demonstrates that the life-altering scale of innovations between 1870 and 1970 can't be repeated. He contends that the nation's productivity growth, which has already slowed to a crawl, will be further held back by the vexing headwinds of rising inequality, stagnating education, an aging population, and the rising debt of college students and the federal government. Gordon warns that the younger generation may be the first in American history that fails to exceed their parents' standard of living, and that rather than depend on the great advances of the past, we must find new solutions to overcome the challenges facing us. A critical voice in the debates over economic stagnation, 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."--Publisher's description.
650		0	_aCost and standard of living _zUnited States _xHistory. _9144737
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic conditions _y1865-1918. _923026
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic conditions _y1918-1945. _920972
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic conditions _y1945- _934895
830		0	_aPrinceton economic history of the Western world. _9249445
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