Forecasts of US economic decline look ill-founded

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In this article

  • Long-term productivity trends
  • Three 'productivity waves'
  • UK industrial revolution
  • Second industrial revolution
  • IT revolution
  • Other headwinds to US growth
  • Beware long-term forecasts
  • Malthus
  • Hansen
  • 'Peak oil'
  • The optimists' case
  • IT revolution continues
  • New breakthroughs
  • Passing the baton

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