Pero regresando al caso norteamericano la discusión aumentó a raíz de un artículo de Robert Gordon basado en un paper reciente, en donde mantiene una posición pesimista sobre el tema.
The growth of the past century wasn't built on manna from heaven. It resulted in large part from a remarkable set of inventions between 1875 and 1900... This narrow time frame saw the introduction of running water and indoor plumbing, the greatest event in the history of female liberation, as women were freed from carrying literally tons of water each year. The telephone, phonograph, motion picture and radio also sprang into existence. The period after World War II saw another great spurt of invention, with the development of television, air conditioning, the jet plane and the interstate highway system… Innovation continues apace today, and many of those developing and funding new technologies recoil with disbelief at my suggestion that we have left behind the era of truly important changes in our standard of living…
La discusión es interesante porque existen elementos relevantes para México. Quien esté interesado en revisar algunos post sobre esto les comparto lo siguiente
Un buen resumen por David Altig en el blog Macroblog
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La opinión de J. Cochrane
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La opinión de Krugman
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La opinión en el blog Free Exchange de The Economist
El paper original de Gordon
“Is U.S. Economic Growth Over? Faltering Innovation Confronts the Six Headwinds” by Robert J. Gordon, NBER Working Paper 18315, August 2012
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