Informationen zum Autor W. Michael Cox is senior vice president and chief economist of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He has written for The New York Times and was interviewed in Wired magazine his annual reports for the Federal Reserve Bank are often controversial and receive nationwide publicity.Richard Alm is a business reporter with the Dallas Morning News. Klappentext According to the authors! the idea that America is in a time of economic stagnation and decline is not just wrong! it's spectacularly wrong. The hard numbers! simple facts! and iconoclastic arguments will change the way readers think about the American economy. Zusammenfassung A leading economist and a top economic journalist show that contrary to conventional wisdom, America is at the peak of its economic well-being, with more opportunity for more people than at any other time in our history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Myths About Income And Living Standards Waking Up to Good Times New and Improved! Time for Symphonies and Softball By Our Own Bootstraps Still on Top of the World Myths About Jobs The Upside of Downsizing Somebody Always Flipped Hamburgers The Economy at Light Speed The Great American Growth Machine Epilogue

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W. Michael Cox is senior vice president and chief economist of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He has written for The New York Times and was interviewed in Wired magazine his annual reports for the Federal Reserve Bank are often controversial and receive nationwide publicity.Richard Alm is a business reporter with the Dallas Morning News.

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According to the authors, the idea that America is in a time of economic stagnation and decline is not just wrong, it's spectacularly wrong. The hard numbers, simple facts, and iconoclastic arguments will change the way readers think about the American economy.

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A leading economist and a top economic journalist show that contrary to conventional wisdom, America is at the peak of its economic well-being, with more opportunity for more people than at any other time in our history.

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Myths About Income And Living Standards Waking Up to Good Times New and Improved! Time for Symphonies and Softball By Our Own Bootstraps Still on Top of the World Myths About Jobs The Upside of Downsizing Somebody Always Flipped Hamburgers The Economy at Light Speed The Great American Growth Machine Epilogue