Capital gains Quote by Robert J. Gordon

“Although advertising began in the late nineteenth century with the development of the first branded products, its true explosion came in the 1920s, when…

— Robert J. Gordon

“both the Great Depression and World War II directly contributed to the Great Leap.”

— Robert J. Gordon

“Modern humans first emerged about 100,000 years ago. For the next 99,800 years or so, nothing happened. Well, not quite nothing. There were wars,…

— Robert J. Gordon

“Progress after 1970 continued but focused more narrowly on entertainment, communication, and information technology, in which areas progress did not arrive with a great…

— Robert J. Gordon

“Compared to Canada, Japan, or any nation in western Europe, the United States combines by far the most expensive system with the shortest life…

— Robert J. Gordon

“The post-2020 fiscal reckoning does not require higher payroll taxes or lower retirement benefits, as new sources of fiscal revenue are available from drug…

— Robert J. Gordon

“Electric light, the first reliable internal combustion engine, and wireless transmission were all invented within the same three-month period at the end of 1879. Within”

— Robert J. Gordon

“The economic revolution of 1870 to 1970 was unique in human history, unrepeatable because so many of its achievements could happen only once.”

— Robert J. Gordon

“Morris Kleiner has calculated that the percentage of jobs subject to occupational licensing has expanded from 10 percent in 1970 to 30 percent in 2008.”

— Robert J. Gordon

There are four headwinds that are just hitting the American economy in the face: They're demographics, education, debt and inequality. They're powerful enough to…

— Robert J. Gordon

“The inexorable rise of inequality can be countered at the top by higher taxes on the highest earners who have captured so much more…

— Robert J. Gordon

“Chief among these headwinds is the rise of inequality that since 1970 has steadily directed an ever larger share of the fruits of the…

— Robert J. Gordon