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Robert J. Gordon

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War

Buch

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? A critical voice in the debates o… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-691-14772-7
  • EAN: 9780691147727
  • Produktnummer: 17815330
  • Verlag: University Presses
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 784 S.
  • Masse: H24.2 cm x B16.4 cm x D5.2 cm 1'412 g
  • Abbildungen: 60 line illus. 64 tables.
  • Gewicht: 1412

Über den Autor


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.

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