The Great Stagnation
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The discussion revolves around Tyler Cowen's concept of 'The Great Stagnation', which argues that the US economy has reached a technological plateau, and the comments explore related ideas and counterarguments.
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I disagree, there's no blaming on the other side since just one side has really been in charge and that side is comprised of both Dems & Republicans. Whilst I can understand that in the US some would deem Dems as a left-leaning actor - it has never been that. In effect, the US has always had a right-leaning government, oscillating further or closer from the centre.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_American_...
Since the 1970s we had computers go mainstream, and since the 1990s (Internet) connectivity, but according to the productivity numbers, those technologies ban been played by the mid-2000s:
> "You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics."[2]
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox