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The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Hardcover • 2016 • English

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

By Robert J. Gordon

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About the book

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 demon...Show more

Economics

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ISBN

9780691147727

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Format

Hardcover

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