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The Rise and Fall of American Growth"
by Robert Gordon
“An American economist who teaches at Northwestern University, Mr. Gordon has long been famous in academic circles for advancing three iconoclastic arguments. The first is that the internet revolution is hyped. The second is that the best way to appreciate the extent of the hype is to look at the decades after the civil war, when America was transformed by inventions such as the motor car and electricity. The third is that the golden age of American growth may be over.
In “The Rise and Fall of American Growth” Mr. Gordon presents his case for a general audience—and he does so with great style and panache, supporting his argument with vivid examples as well as econometric data, while keeping a watchful eye on what economic change means for ordinary Americans. Even if history changes direction, and Mr. Gordon’s rise-and-fall thesis proves to be wrong, this book will survive as a superb reconstruction of material life in America in the heyday of industrial capitalism” (The Economist).

April 26, 2016 (Tuesday)
4:30 PM-5:30 PM
REMSEN CONFERENCE ROOM 4D44
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