Book · 2016 · Business & Economics
The Rise and Fall of American Growth
The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War
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The last is to me a seminal book which is sort of in a way an anti-atrimony and Robinson it was by Robert Gordon it's called the rise and fall of American growth and it really explores why there was this huge wave of innovation between 1880 and 1940 roughly.
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- Central argument about growth“argument about why we will never have”3
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One of them is the rise and fall of American growth which is it's two things it's an argument about why we will never have the kind of growth that we did in the first part of the Industrial Revolution again.
The book I would point to first is not necessarily an easy read, but it's one that's gotten extraordinary reviews in The Economist, the New York Review, and from our own reviewer Paul Krugman, and it's called The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The US Standard of Living Since the Civil War by Robert Gordon.
Bob's book on this topic is absolutely phenomenal, so everybody has to read it, study it, and debate it, and I've certainly assigned it to my students as well.
The Northwestern economist Robert Gordon has written a book called The Rise and Fall of American Growth. It argues that we shouldn't expect to have the same economic growth rates we've had in the past, in large part because recent inventions are not transforming our lives as much as we think.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Mar 2016 In his book The Rise and Fall of American Growth, Robert Gordon makes the case that living standards in the United States are likely to be stagnant for the next several decades.
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon is an economic history examining how the standard of living changed in the United States since the Civil War and questioning whether future innovation can match past industrial revolutions. The book received high praise from prominent figures across multiple programs. Nate Silver recommended the title on The Ezra Klein Show, recalling when he first read the work while traveling. Ethan Mollick also suggested the book on The Ezra Klein Show as a primary resource for understanding why modern productivity growth may never replicate the massive leaps of the early industrial era. Martin Wolf described the volume on the same show as a seminal piece exploring waves of innovation between 1880 and 1940. Barry Gewen pointed to the text in The Book Review as a demanding yet rewarding read, and Jeff Sachs noted that he regularly assigned the book to his students. Additionally, Stephen Dubner, George Will, and Marc Andreessen discussed the author and his thesis on various shows while debating long-term economic productivity.
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Jeff Sachs well first I I think Bob's book on this topic is absolutely phenomenal so everybody has to read it study it… 2
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“well first I I think Bob's book on this topic is absolutely phenomenal so everybody has to read it study it and debate it and I've certainly assigned it to my students as well”
Discussed
“I think one of the important points that Bob makes in in his wonderful book is the difference of measured growth according to gross domestic product and progress in well-being”
Barry Gewen the book I would point to First is not necessarily an easy read but it's one that's gotten extraordinary re… 1
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“the book I would point to First is not necessarily an easy read but it's one that's gotten extraordinary reviews in The Economist the New York Review and from our own reviewer Paul Krugman and it's called the rise and fall of American growth the US standard of living since the Civil War by Robert Gordon”
Ethan Mollick one of them is the rise and fall of American growth which is it's two things it's an argument about why we… 1
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“one of them is the rise and fall of American growth which is it's two things it's an argument about why we will never have the kind of growth that we did in the first part of the Industrial Revolution again”
Martin Wolf the last is to me a seminal book which is sort of in a way an anti-atrimony and Robinson it was by Robert G… 1
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“the last is to me a seminal book which is sort of in a way an anti-atrimony and Robinson it was by Robert Gordon it's called the rise and fall of American growth and it really explores why there was this huge wave of innovation between 1880 and 1940 roughly”
Nate Silver The first one is The Rise and Fall of American Growth by the Economic Historian Robert Gordon. It was writt… 1
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“The first one is The Rise and Fall of American Growth by the Economic Historian Robert Gordon. It was written in 2016. I remember kind of reading this book when I was in Paris at a poker tournament in Paris as one does, right?”
Stephen Dubner Here's Robert Gordon, author of The Rise and Fall of American Growth. 6
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“Here's Robert Gordon, author of The Rise and Fall of American Growth.”
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“Robert Gordon is an economist at Northwestern University and the author of a book called The Rise and Fall of American Growth. Now, think about that title for a moment.”
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“And this brings us to the central argument of Robert Gordon's book, the argument that many economists and others are not willing to accept, at least not without a fight.”
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“So this brings us really, I guess, to part of the controversy of your book, which is also brings us to the title of your book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth.”
Discussed
“The Northwestern economist Robert Gordon has written a book called The Rise and Fall of American Growth. It argues that we shouldn't expect to have the same economic growth rates we've had in the past, in large part because recent inventions are not transforming our lives as much as we think.”
Discussed
“So to summarize your overall argument about our rise and fall of American growth, would it be an overstatement to say that there was a lot of low-hanging fruit,”
Vas P in his book the rise and fall of American growth Robert Gordon makes the case that living standards in the… 2
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“in his book the rise and fall of American growth Robert Gordon makes the case that living standards in the United States are likely to be stagnant for the next several decades and are unlikely to match the increases between 1920 and 1970 a period he calls the Golden Age of growth in the times book review”
Discussed
“Bob Gordon towards the end of your book you list four forces that you say will be headwinds for growth Rising inequality educational attainment is not increasing as as it once did people are working less because the Baby Boomers are retiring and the federal debt is becoming unsustainable”
George Will and we have people like a professor Gordon the rise and fall of American growth his great tome 1
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“and we have people like a professor Gordon the rise and fall of American growth his great tome”
Marc Andreessen there's a whole genre of books with titles like the rise and fall of American growth and the great stagnati… 1
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“there's a whole genre of books with titles like the rise and fall of American growth and the great stagnation written by top economists talking about how back to the first thesis about basically there's no innovation and productivity growth”
