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“Bob Gordon, who is also an American economist—he’s at Northwestern University—has done this wonderful history, which talks about the range of technological transformations of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Electricity was one of the most important. There was the internal combustion engine, which gave us motorcars and civil aviation…There was universal sanitation…A big part of his story is that these are one-off transformations…So maybe we’re moving to a world which is post-growth.” Read more...
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Diane Coyle, Economist
“Why this book is really a fantastic read, is the way he goes through economic history, and points to how all the improvements…changed people’s lives without really being reflected in economic statistics.” Read more...
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