A review by adamtad
The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War by Alexander J. Field

5.0

I quite enjoyed the book on the whole although it was a bit of a slog at time when explaining the technicalities of measuring things like TFP. Although I would not have the author remove those sections as they were essential to a broader understanding, it is just the nature of the beast. Having by coincadence just reads Gordon's the rise and fall of American Growth of which this book appears to be a direct response, although obviously not the focus of the book I would have enjoyed the author's take on why despite the downturn in productivity in the war why it was able to pick back up again after. The only thing preventing me from giving the book 5 stars is only applicable to audio listerners as there is no included pdf which would have made understanding the book easier.

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