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Hes definitely one of my best friends in the economics department or in the economic profession as a whole. Oct 31, 2016 robert gordon, author of the rise and fall of american growth, and joel mokyr, author of a culture of growth, talk about whether, economically, americas best days are in its past. Economist robert gordon says the second industrial revolution. The point of departure for the productivity forecast is to begin by dividing the interval since 1970 into three subperiods19701994, 19942004, and 20042015.
Robert gordon, the special century, and the prospects for. He is the director of several awardwinning documentaries, including johnny cashs america and respect yourself. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the rise and fall of american growth. I put that question to someone who should knoweconomist and northwestern university professor robert j. Harris professor of the social sciences at northwestern. After 150 years, the american productivity miracle is over. This paper predicts that growth in the 25 to 40 years after 2007 will be much slower, particularly for the great majority of the population.
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