Crash Course: Why America is going backward: Being the richest nation in history isn't enough

America is the greatest economic and military power in world history — and our quality of life is garbage. But why? [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmsgI-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYmlmMmdmM2x1ei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhtMTQ5N20yNjdXA3NwY0IKZMk-fc9kRb6N7FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmsgI-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOTIwdXI4ZTc1cS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhtMTQ5N20yNjcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZMk-fc9kRb6N7FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Why America is going backward: Being the richest nation in history isn't enough From Mike Lofgren: One could provide enough additional examples to fill a book. How did America, the quintessential "modern" country in the mid-20th century, become so backward? Perhaps it's a result of falling economic productivity. Robert Gordon, in "[The Rise and Fall of American Growth](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmsgI-P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbG91NHZoaTZ4aS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhtMTQ5N20yNjdXA3NwY0IKZMk-fc9kRb6N7FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)," argues that the most rapid increases in the American standard of living came between 1870 and 1930, although impressive increases continued until about 1970. After that, productivity fell to little more than half its previous rate of increase. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmsgI-P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZnJzMWJrNTZsMy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhtMTQ5N20yNjcmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZMk-fc9kRb6N7FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Are humans a cancer on the planet? 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