Prospects for economic growth in the United States /

"This volume brings together a distinguished group of world-renowned economists to explore the challenges of maintaining vigorous economic growth in the United States, including issues related to demographics, social insurance programs, technological progress, human capital accumulation, immigr...

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Group Author: Diamond, John W.; Zodrow, George R.
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2021.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "This volume brings together a distinguished group of world-renowned economists to explore the challenges of maintaining vigorous economic growth in the United States, including issues related to demographics, social insurance programs, technological progress, human capital accumulation, immigration, income inequality, financial institutions, and fiscal policy. The volume consists of a set of papers that were presented at a conference on the "Prospects for Economic Growth in the United States," which was one of a series of events celebrating the 25th anniversary of Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. The conference was sponsored by the Baker Institute's Center for Public Finance and held at Rice on December 6-7, 2018"--
Carrier Form: xxv, 354 pages : illustrations : 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781108790505
110879050X
9781108479684
1108479685
Index Number: HC106
CLC: F171.24
Call Number: F171.24/P966
Contents: Introduction /
The Future of Economic Growth in the United States /
Human Capital and Long-Run Economic Growth /
Immigration and Economic Growth /
The 64,000 Question: Living in the Age of Technogical Possibility or Showing Possibility's Age? /
Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Aggregate Growth Prospects /
Taxes and Economic Growth /
Carbon Taxes: Output and Distributional Effects /
Banking on Prosperity /
Economic Growth and Income Inequality: Insights from the Representative Consumer Theory of Distribution /
A Perspective on the Prospects for Economic Growth in the United States /