Prospects for Economic Growth in the United States

John W. Diamond is the Director at the Center for Public Finance, and the Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance at Rice University's Baker Institute. George R. Zodrow is the Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor of Economics and Economics Department Chair at Rice University, and Faculty Scholar at the Center for Public Finance at Rice University's Baker Institute.

Foreword by James A. Baker, III; Part I. Overview: 1. Introduction John W. Diamond and George R. Zodrow; 2. The Future of Economic Growth in the United States Martin Feldstein; Part II. Labor and Economic Growth: 3. Human Capital and Long-Run Economic Growth Flavio Cunha; 4. Immigration and Economic Growth George Borjas; Part III. Implications of Technology for Growth: 5. The $64,000 Question: Living in the Age of Technogical Possibility or Showing Possibility's Age? Glenn Hubbard; 6. Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Aggregate Growth Prospects Timothy Bresnahan; Part IV. The Effects of Fiscal Policy on Growth: 7. Taxes and Economic Growth Robert Barro; 8. Carbon Taxes: Output and Distributional Effects John W. Diamond and George R. Zodrow; Part V. Special Topics on Economic Growth: 8. Banking on Prosperity Ross Levine; 9. Economic Growth and Income Inequality: Insights from the Representative Consumer Theory of Distribution Stephen Turnovsky; Part VI. Conclusion: 10. A Perspective on the Prospects for Economic Growth in the United States John W. Diamond and George R. Zodrow.