The End of Affluence: The Causes and Consequences of America's Economic Dilemma

New York: Random House, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition; no other printings noted. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards & red gilt spine lettering & author's initials on front cover. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings. 223 numbered pages. Concludes with a section of Notes on the Chapters, an Appendix with various Charts, and an extensive Index. Dust jacket very good with only hint of shelf & edge wear; no chips; not price clipped. * From the dust jacket front flap, ""For a century and a half, the American economy produced the most prosperous society the world has ever known - and then something happened. Beginning in 1973, the American economy, though it continued to grow, grew far more slowly than it had on average since the Civil War. The most dramatic result of this slowdown is that we have produced $12 trillion less in goods and services over the last twenty years than we would have produced had we maintained our historic high rate of growth.....In this brilliantly clear, ""eye-opening"" book Jeffrey Madrick shows not only the consequences of our economic decline, but the great historic shift that caused it. .....before we can talk intelligently about deficits and federal spending we have to recognize where we are, and how we got there.""