Prospects for Economic Growth in the United States

Klappentext Explores the prospects for sustaining strong economic growth in the United States in the face of recent challenging trends. Zusammenfassung Explores the future of economic growth in the US, considering demographics, social insurance programs, technological progress, human capital, immigration, inequality, financial institutions, and fiscal policy. Text will illuminate for academics, businessmen, and policy makers the challenges of sustaining and promoting economic growth. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by James A. Baker, III; Part I. Overview: 1. Introduction John W. Diamond and George R. Zodrow; 2. The Future of Economic Growth in the United States Martin Feldstein; Part II. Labor and Economic Growth: 3. Human Capital and Long-Run Economic Growth Flavio Cunha; 4. Immigration and Economic Growth George Borjas; Part III. Implications of Technology for Growth: 5. The $64,000 Question: Living in the Age of Technogical Possibility or Showing Possibility's Age? Glenn Hubbard; 6. Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Aggregate Growth Prospects Timothy Bresnahan; Part IV. The Effects of Fiscal Policy on Growth: 7. Taxes and Economic Growth Robert Barro; 8. Carbon Taxes: Output and Distributional Effects John W. Diamond and George R. Zodrow; Part V. Special Topics on Economic Growth: 8. Banking on Prosperity Ross Levine; 9. Economic Growth and Income Inequality: Insights from the Representative Consumer Theory of Distribution Stephen Turnovsky; Part VI. Conclusion: 10. A Perspective on the Prospects for Economic Growth in the United States John W. Diamond and George R. Zodrow.

Product details

• Authors: John W. (Rice University Diamond, Diamond George R. Zodrow John W. Diamond
• Assisted by: John W. Diamond (Editor), Diamond John W. (Editor), George R. Zodrow (Editor), Zodrow George R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108479684
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47968-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, macroeconomics, economic growth, Business studies: general, Monetary Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies