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Robert gordons notable history of economics and living. Gordon is reframing the conversation about economic growth in america and the future trends in growth around the world. The rise and fall of american growth princeton university press. Is the slowdown in economic progress in this new century an aberration or should we have expected it all along. Introduction the prospects for future longrun us economic growth were already dismal in 2007 but were.
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