Robert J. Gordon Quotes
Education deserves particular focus because its effects are so long-lasting.
Robert J. Gordon, Economist & Social Scientist, Member, Boskin Commission to assess the accuracy of the United States Consumer Price Index (CPI), The Great Stagnation of American Education, New York Times, September 8, 2012
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Although much opposition to education comes from religious groups, it is noteworthy that the Lutheran founder saw education per se as an weapon against the Devil and that view was promulgated in Colonial America. This particular quotation was used by Cotton Mather of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in his treatise on the importance of education. See also {612014}
Robert James "Bob" Gordon is an American economist. He is the Stanley G. Harris Professor of the Social Sciences at Northwestern University. Gordon is one of the world’s leading experts on inflation, unemployment, and long-term economic growth. His recent work asking whether U. S. economic growth is “almost over” has been widely cited, and in 2016 he was named as one of Bloomberg’s top 50 most influential people in the world.
