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100 1  Gordon, Robert J.|q(Robert James),|d1940-|eauthor. 
245 14 The rise and fall of American growth :|bthe U.S. standard 
       of living since the Civil War /|cRobert J. Gordon. 
264  1 Princeton :|bPrinceton University Press,|c[2016] 
300    xii, 762 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  The Princeton economic history of the Western world 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 667-743) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction: 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    Examines 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    "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. 
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650  0 Cost and standard of living|zUnited States|xHistory. 
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650  7 Economic history.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901974 
651  0 United States|xEconomic conditions|y1865-1918. 
651  0 United States|xEconomic conditions|y1918-1945. 
651  0 United States|xEconomic conditions|y1945- 
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655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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