More of a thought piece than a book. It examines the fact that GDP growth and productivity may be overstated because (3) large areas of the economy (Government / Education & Healthcare) are growing fast but do not seem to be achieving improved results. Committing ever greater resources to areas ...
I love the idea of this book, so I persisted with it much longer than I ought to have, but I just could not finish it. I should admit there are interesting nuggets in here, if you're patient. For example, I loved hearing about the author's experience shopping exclusively at a Chinese-American gro...
I picked this up expecting something else. I thought I was getting something about the Great Stagnation (referencing another book of Cowen's I haven't read yet). I thought I was getting a contrarian take arguing why technology would not continue to explode in sophistication and why the future we ...