14. Antibiotics, CT Scans, and the Evolution of Health and Medicine

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Introduction: The Ascent and Descent of Growth 1
5. PART I. 1870–1940—THE GREAT INVENTIONS CREATE A REVOLUTION INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE HOME
6. 2. The Starting Point: Life and Work in 1870 27
7. 3. What They Ate and Wore and Where They Bought It 62
8. 4. The American Home: From Dark and Isolated to Bright and Networked 94
9. 5. Motors Overtake Horses and Rail: Inventions and Incremental Improvements 129
10. 6. From Telegraph to Talkies: Information, Communication, and Entertainment 172
11. 7. Nasty, Brutish, and Short: Illness and Early Death 206
12. 8. Working Conditions on the Job and at Home 247
13. 9. Taking and Mitigating Risks: Consumer Credit, Insurance, and the Government 288
14. Entr’acte. The Midcentury Shift from Revolution to Evolution 319
15. PART II. 1940–2015—THE GOLDEN AGE AND THE EARLY WARNINGS OF SLOWER GROWTH
16. 10. Fast Food, Synthetic Fibers, and Split-Level Subdivisions: The Slowing Transformation of Food, Clothing, and Housing 331
17. 11. See the USA in Your Chevrolet or from a Plane Flying High Above 374
18. 12. Entertainment and Communications from Milton Berle to the iPhone 409
19. 13. Computers and the Internet from the Mainframe to Facebook 441
20. 14. Antibiotics, CT Scans, and the Evolution of Health and Medicine 461
21. 15. Work, Youth, and Retirement at Home and on the Job 498
22. Entr’acte. Toward an Understanding of Slower Growth 522
23. PART III. THE SOURCES OF FASTER AND SLOWER GROWTH
24. 16. The Great Leap Forward from the 1920s to the 1950s: What Set of Miracles Created It? 535
25. 17. Innovation: Can the Future Match the Great Inventions of the Past? 566
26. 18. Inequality and the Other Headwinds: Long-Run American Economic Growth Slows to a Crawl 605
27. Postscript: America’s Growth Achievement and the Path Ahead 641
28. Acknowledgments 653
29. Data Appendix 657
30. Notes 667
31. References 717
32. Credits 741
33. Index 745