Author

Books by Robert J. Gordon

Robert J. Gordon is an economist and professor at Northwestern University, where he has taught since 1973. He is one of the world's leading experts on productivity, economic growth, and the relationship between innovation and living standards. His academic work on the productivity slowdown of the 1970s and 1990s laid the groundwork for The Rise and Fall of American Growth. He has also written extensively on inflation, the Phillips curve, and macroeconomic measurement. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.