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The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Postscript: America’s Growth Achievement and the Path Ahead
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December 31 2017
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Princeton University Press
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Publication date:
December 31 2017
Pages
: 641-652
DOI:
10.1515/9781400888955-022
SO-VID:
030e1591-238c-4002-9b18-3f44989e40da
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pp. i
Front Matter
pp. i
Frontmatter
pp. ix
PREFACE
pp. ix
PREFACE
pp. vii
Table of Contents
pp. vii
CONTENTS
pp. 1
1. Introduction: The Ascent and Descent of Growth
pp. 1
INTRODUCTION:
pp. 27
2. The Starting Point: Life and Work in 1870
pp. 27
THE STARTING POINT:
pp. 62
WHAT THEY ATE AND WORE AND WHERE THEY BOUGHT IT
pp. 62
3. What They Ate and Wore and Where They Bought It
pp. 94
THE AMERICAN HOME:
pp. 94
4. The American Home: From Dark and Isolated to Bright and Networked
pp. 129
5. Motors Overtake Horses and Rail: Inventions and Incremental Improvements
pp. 129
MOTORS OVERTAKE HORSES AND RAIL:
pp. 172
FROM TELEGRAPH TO TALKIES:
pp. 172
6. From Telegraph to Talkies: Information, Communication, and Entertainment
pp. 206
NASTY, BRUTISH, AND SHORT:
pp. 206
7. Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Illness and Early Death
pp. 247
WORKING CONDITIONS ON THE JOB AND AT HOME
pp. 247
8. Working Conditions on the Job and at Home
pp. 288
TAKING AND MITIGATING RISKS:
pp. 288
9. Taking and Mitigating Risks: Consumer Credit, Insurance, and the Government
pp. 319
Entr’acte. The Midcentury Shift from Revolution to Evolution
pp. 319
Entr’acte.
pp. 331
10. Fast Food, Synthetic Fibers, and Split-Level Subdivisions: The Slowing Transformation of Food, Clothing, and Housing
pp. 331
FAST FOOD, SYNTHETIC FIBERS, AND SPLIT-LEVEL SUBDIVISIONS:
pp. 374
11. See the USA in Your Chevrolet or from a Plane Flying High Above
pp. 374
SEE THE USA IN YOUR CHEVROLET OR FROM A PLANE FLYING HIGH ABOVE
pp. 409
12. Entertainment and Communications from Milton Berle to the iPhone
pp. 409
ENTERTAINMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS FROM MILTON BERLE TO THE IPHONE
pp. 441
COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET FROM THE MAINFRAME TO FACEBOOK
pp. 441
13. Computers and the Internet from the Mainframe to Facebook
pp. 461
ANTIBIOTICS, CT SCANS, AND THE EVOLUTION OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE
pp. 461
14. Antibiotics, CT Scans, and the Evolution of Health and Medicine
pp. 498
WORK, YOUTH, AND RETIREMENT AT HOME AND ON THE JOB
pp. 498
15. Work, Youth, and Retirement at Home and on the Job
pp. 522
Entr’acte. Toward an Understanding of Slower Growth
pp. 522
Entr’acte.
pp. 535
THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD FROM THE 1920s TO THE 1950s:
pp. 535
16. The Great Leap Forward from the 1920s to the 1950s: What Set of Miracles Created It?
pp. 566
17. Innovation: Can the Future Match the Great Inventions of the Past?
pp. 566
INNOVATION:
pp. 605
18. Inequality and the Other Headwinds: Long-Run American Economic Growth Slows to a Crawl
pp. 605
INEQUALITY AND THE OTHER HEADWINDS:
pp. 641
Postscript:
pp. 641
Postscript: America’s Growth Achievement and the Path Ahead
pp. 653
Afterword to the Paperback Edition
pp. 653
AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
pp. 659
Acknowledgments
pp. 659
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
pp. 663
Data Appendix
pp. 663
DATA APPENDIX
pp. 673
Notes
pp. 673
NOTES
pp. 723
References
pp. 723
REFERENCES
pp. 747
Credits
pp. 747
CREDITS
pp. 751
INDEX
pp. 751
Index
pp. 769
THE PRINCETON ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
pp. 769
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