tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post6782844597403136173..comments2024-03-06T04:16:12.541-06:00Comments on Tony's Kansas City: Kansas City Blogger Book Review: The Rise and Fall of American GrowthTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17923450492847284487noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-32893517102094911012018-02-22T16:59:35.047-06:002018-02-22T16:59:35.047-06:00The book does discuss the advances of the informat...The book does discuss the advances of the information age. It even attributes the productivity surge between 1994 and 2004 to the internet. The author's point is that while the information age increases productivity and quality of life, it's not as extreme an effect as water and sewer connections, electricity, central heating, and the advances made from 1870-1970.<br /><br />If fusion energy were harnessed and the cost of electricity were brought down to near zero, that would be an immense economic benefit for everyone, but would it be as life-altering as, say, having a telephone instead of having to communicate via letter? <br /><br />I sincerely hope there will be some invention that we cannot foresee that will improve economic conditions and make Dr. Gordon incorrect. But I'm not sure what that would be.larryrothsblog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238797668173192115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-42236842164394022392018-02-22T13:47:26.336-06:002018-02-22T13:47:26.336-06:00The final paragraph of the article is pure sociali...The final paragraph of the article is pure socialist claptrap.<br />The author left out the advances of the information age, which have increased productivity and quality of life.<br /><br />A paradigm shift, by definition, cannot be foreseen, and could be right around the corner. Suppose fusion energy was harnessed and brought the cost of electricity down to nearly zero?<br /><br />Those living in the mid 1800s did not see the industrial revolution coming either<br />.<br />For all the data supplied, the author gets the conclusions wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-70388330494856091552018-02-22T12:23:09.162-06:002018-02-22T12:23:09.162-06:00I blame the coloreds!I blame the coloreds!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-23121907806901877592018-02-22T12:04:41.353-06:002018-02-22T12:04:41.353-06:00Ummmmm. Did you, like, actually read it?Ummmmm. Did you, like, actually read it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10849017.post-10626428824517954392018-02-22T11:13:01.950-06:002018-02-22T11:13:01.950-06:00The real title of the blog entry should be 'Ho...The real title of the blog entry should be 'How Clueless Democrats Destroy Cities'. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com