An edition of The Rise and Fall of American Growth
(2016)
The Rise and Fall of American Growth
The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War
by Gordon, Robert J.
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The trajectory and impetus of American growth from the end of the Civil War until now.
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War
2016, Princeton University Press
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0691147728 9780691147727
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Table of Contents
Contents
Page vii
Preface
Page ix
1.
Introduction: The Ascent and Descent of Growth
Page 1
I.
1870-1940 The Great Inventions Create a Revolution Inside and Outside the Home
Page 25
2.
The Starting Point: Life and Work in 1870
Page 27
3.
What They Ate and Wore and Where They Brought It
Page 62
4.
The American Home: From Dark and Isolated to Bright and Networked
Page 94
5.
Motors Overtake Horses and Rail: Inventions and Incremental Improvements
Page 129
6.
From Telegraph to Talkies: Information, Communication, and Entertainment
Page 172
7.
Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Illness and Early Death
Page 206
8.
Working Conditions on the Job and at Home
Page 247
9.
Taking and Mitigating Risks: Consumer Credit, Insurance, and the Government
Page 288
Entr'acte.
The Midcentury Shift from Revolution to Evolution
Page 319
II.
1940-2015 The Golden Age and the Early Warnings of Slower Growth
Page 329
10.
Fast food Synthetic Fibers, and Split-Level Subdivisions: The Slowing Transformation of Food, Clothing, and Housing
Page 331
11.
See the USA in Your Chevrolet or from a Plane Flying High Above
Page 374
12.
Entertainment and Communications from Milton Berle to the iPhone
Page 409
13.
Computers and the Internet from the Mainframe to Facebook
Page 441
14.
Antibiotics, CT Scans, and the Evolution of Health and Medicine
Page 461
15.
Work, Youth, and Retirement at Home and on the Job
Page 498
Entr'acte.
Toward an Understanding of Slower Growth
Page 522
III.
The Sources of Faster and Slower Growth
Page 533
16.
The Great Leap Forward from the 1920s to the 1950s: What Set of Miracles Created It?
Page 535
17.
Innovation: Can the Future Match the Great Inventions of the Past?
Page 566
18.
Inequality and the Other Headwinds: Long-Run American Economic Growth Slows to a Crawl
Page 605
Postscript: America's Growth Achievement and the Path Ahead
Page 641
Acknowledgments
Page 653
Data Appendix
Page 657
Notes
Page 667
References
Page 717
Credits
Page 741
Index
Page 754
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