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The rise and fall of American growth : the U.S. standard of living since the Civil War, Robert J. Gordon
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- Summary
- 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 narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, this book 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
-
- Introduction: The ascent and descent of growth
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780691147727
- Label
- The rise and fall of American growth : the U.S. standard of living since the Civil War
- Title
- The rise and fall of American growth
- Title remainder
- the U.S. standard of living since the Civil War
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert J. Gordon
- Subject
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- Cost and standard of living
- Cost and standard of living -- United States -- History
- Economic history
- Ekonomisk historia
- Historia
- History
- Lebensstandard
- Levnadsstandard
- Political science -- Economic Conditions
- Since 1865
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1865-1918
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
- Wohlfahrtsmessung
- Wohlstand
- Amerika
- Business & economics -- Economics | Macroeconomics
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, this book 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
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1940-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gordon, Robert J.
- Dewey number
- 339.4/20973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD6983
- LC item number
- .G69 2016eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The Princeton economic history of the Western world
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Cost and standard of living
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Business & economics
- Political science
- Cost and standard of living
- Economic history
- United States
- Lebensstandard
- Wohlstand
- Wohlfahrtsmessung
- USA
- Amerika
- Levnadsstandard
- Ekonomisk historia
- Historia
- Label
- The rise and fall of American growth : the U.S. standard of living since the Civil War, Robert J. Gordon
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The ascent and descent of growth -- 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 -- 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 -- 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
- Control code
- 930602588
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691147727
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other control number
- 9780691147727
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 876274
- 066514bc-c8d2-4462-b0f5-de0572cdd6ca
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- not applicable
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- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930602588
- Label
- The rise and fall of American growth : the U.S. standard of living since the Civil War, Robert J. Gordon
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The ascent and descent of growth -- 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 -- 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 -- 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
- Control code
- 930602588
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691147727
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9780691147727
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 876274
- 066514bc-c8d2-4462-b0f5-de0572cdd6ca
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)930602588
Subject
- Cost and standard of living
- Cost and standard of living -- United States -- History
- Economic history
- Ekonomisk historia
- Historia
- History
- Lebensstandard
- Levnadsstandard
- Political science -- Economic Conditions
- Since 1865
- USA
- United States
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1865-1918
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
- Wohlfahrtsmessung
- Wohlstand
- Amerika
- Business & economics -- Economics | Macroeconomics
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