US – The productivity miracle is over Robert Gordon says

In his magisterial new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, the Northwestern University professor [Economist Robert Gordon]  lays out the case that the productivity miracle underlying the American way of life was largely a one-time deal. It was driven by a flurry of technologies—electric lights, telephones, automobiles, indoor plumbing—that fundamentally transformed millions of American lives within a matter of decades.

By comparison, Gordon argues, today’s technological advancements—Uber, Facebook, Amazon.com—will touch the productivity of the American economy lightly—if at all. And a combination of demographic factors, such as the aging of the US population, and sociological problems such as growing inequality and educational performance that’s worsened in comparison to many other rich nations, will stymie economic growth for the foreseeable future.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at  After 150 years, the American productivity miracle is over – Quartz