The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Robert J. Gordon is the Stanley G. Harris Professor in the Social Sciences at Northwestern University. His books include Productivity Growth, Inflation, and Unemployment and Macroeconomics. Gordon was included in the 2013 Bloomberg list of the nation's most influential thinkers.

出版者:Princeton University Press

作者:Robert J. Gordon

页数:784

出版时间:2016-1-12

价格:USD 39.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780691147727

丛书系列:Princeton Economic History of the Western World

图书标签:美国经济史经济学历史经济社会-经济史英文原版美国研究

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, home appliances, motor vehicles, air travel, air conditioning, and television transformed households and workplaces. With medical advances, life expectancy between 1870 and 1970 grew from forty-five to seventy-two years. Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, The Rise and Fall of American Growth provides an in-depth account of this momentous era. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end?

Gordon challenges the view that economic growth can or will continue unabated, and he demonstrates that the life-altering scale of innovations between 1870 and 1970 can't be repeated. He contends that the nation's productivity growth, which has already slowed to a crawl, will be further held back by the vexing headwinds of rising inequality, stagnating education, an aging population, and the rising debt of college students and the federal government. Gordon warns that the younger generation may be the first in American history that fails to exceed their parents' standard of living, and that rather than depend on the great advances of the past, we must find new solutions to overcome the challenges facing us.

A critical voice in the debates over economic stagnation, The Rise and Fall of American Growth is at once a tribute to a century of radical change and a harbinger of tougher times to come.

读后感

洋洋洒洒一百多年的美国发展史。感觉作者写过去比写现在更精彩… 非常喜欢书中细致入微的描写美国人民上世纪初生活的零零总总，方方面面，带我认识了上个世纪初的“亚马逊”-西尔斯(刚破产), 也让我认识到那个时期美国的城市生活与我们上个世纪七八十年代的城市生活是多么地相...  

1870—1970年是美国的“特殊世纪”，劳动生产率加速提升，人民生活水平得到改善。 1928—1950年的“大跨越”时期，美国劳动生产率在短短22年间翻了一番。 一.技术创新，大萧条和二战是促成这个经济奇迹的最重要原因。 1. 技术创新 全要素生产率的提高。主要包含了技术进步，也...  

1870年到1970年的百年特殊时期，大萧条和二战促进的“大跨越”奇迹 关于吃：食品法案改善了食品行业卫生条件 住：电灯，发电站，电话带来革命性变化 行：福特流水线使汽车普及速度惊人，1969年已出现波音737机型 综上：现代美国人的生活方式在1970粘已经基本定型。现在的基本生...  

这不是个完整的书评。主要是看了豆瓣上的短评觉得误解很多，所以忍不住想澄清一下。如果你只是想了解下这本书对最新增长研究的影响，可以只看 section 二，3）。 如果没时间读书，可以看Gordon 12年的 nber working paper 。 一，Brief summary of the book: 1) From Growth to...  

好书，花了近10天才勉强啃完的大部头。资料很翔实，可以做工具书了。涉及的范围很广，到后面有点看不下去。每章开头有引言，然后分开论述，最后再有一节小结。经济增长并不是一个又一个世纪以不变速度创造经济进步的稳态过程。1700年之前的上千年几乎没有经济增长，在1870年之...  

用户评价

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”

从技术进步和生活改善的角度对1870年以来的美国经济增长起落和结构变迁做了细致的梳理和分析。

看完之后意识到这本书面向的群体是估计是大众……图表简单，描述详尽，也不需要太多制度背景。对于普通美国家庭从1870年到2014年生活变迁史的描写尤其精彩。不过因为作者是做宏观的，对相当多的微观美国经济史研究也没有考虑，所以一些结论和政策建议我只能打个问号。

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”