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#1077 Dave Collum On Why Everything Is Worse Than You Think

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The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert Gordon and Data

In the century after civil war, an economic revolution improved the american standard of living in ways previously on amount imaginable. With medical advances, life expectancyb 18 70 and 19 70, grew from forty five to 72 years. But robert gordon challenges the view that economic growth can or will continue unabated. He contends that the nation's productivity growth, which has already slowed to a crawl, will be further held back by rising inequality,. stagnating education, unaging population and the rising debd of college students in the federal government.

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