The way it worked and why it won't : structural change and the slowdown of U.S. economic growth / Gordon C. Bjork.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. The Argument: The Way It Worked and Why It Won't -- Ch. 2. Explanation and Description of Economic Growth and Structural Change -- Ch. 3. The Quantitative Record of U.S. Economic Growth -- Ch. 4. Understanding the Measurement of Economic Activity -- Ch. 5. Structural Change and the Slowdown of Productivity Growth -- Ch. 6. Structural Change and the Participation Rate -- Ch. 7. Transfers to the Older Generation: Taxes and Saving -- Ch. 8. Transfers to the Younger Generation: Economic Growth and the Increasing Burden of Educational Costs -- Ch. 9. Explaining the Slowdown: Developing a Theory of the Mature Economy -- Ch. 10. Some Implications of the Slowdown in Economic Growth in the Mature Economy.