Growing Prosperity: The Battle for Growth with Equity in the Twenty-first Century

By Bennett Harrison and Barry Bluestone

Book Overview

In this elegantly argued book, political economists Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison examine America's great surge of economic expansion in its historical context to demonstrate the causes for the vibrancy of our economy. A Century Foundation Book

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520230701
• ISBN13: 9780520230705
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Throwing light on technological long waves.

Using historical data on the rate of increase of productivity, these authors build a convincing case that the United States is near the beginning of an economic boom based on information technlogy. They go well beyond most economists in explaining the nature of economic long waves (also called Kondratieff waves). They then explain in depth how current government economic policies are misdirected in terms of maximizing this pattern of economic growth.