In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come...

e c o n o m i c r e p o r t o f t h e p r e s i d e n t • f e b r u a r y 2 0 1 0 transmitted to the congress february 2010 together with the annual report of the council of economic advisers economic report of the president coverPROOF.indd 1 12/28/09 10:48 AM For sale by...