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The Rise and Fall of American Growth: Exploring the Numbers†.
- Source :
- American Economic Review; May2016, Vol. 106 Issue 5, p57-60, 4p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This paper reviews some of the major claims in Robert Gordon's Rise and Fall of American Growth. His argument that growth of conventional real GDP per person is well below that of real living standards is accepted. It is shown that adding an imputation to GDP for reductions in mortality raises growth substantially, especially between 1929 and 1950. Gordon is also right that total factor productivity growth peaked in the second and third quarters of the twentieth century but his claim that there was a 'great leap forward' in the 1940s, stimulated by World War 2, is not persuasive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00028282
- Volume :
- 106
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Economic Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 115268326
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20161070