Does the "new economy" measure up to the great inventions of the past?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 49-74

  Gordon, Robert J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0002427465     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.14.4.49     Document Type: Review

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