the 1980s. However, this increased effort did not offset the damage done by slow growth. Some experts argue that the quality, variety, and ingenuity of the new products of the past two decades have made up for our stagnating or falling wages and lost leisure time. But, miraculous new time-saving products have been coming along since the beginning of human culture. Man has always been making more and better tools. It would be difficult to prove that they have improved our lives in greater increments than the products of the past. The difference however, is that now fewer and fewer Americans can afford to buy more, or have the financial peace of mind with which to enjoy them. As slow growth continues, our anxiety may worsen and our public discourse becomes even more driven by fear. The social rifts that have appeared may widen as we face a future for which our history has not prepared us. This leads us to a topic that we need to learn and understand to survive in this slow economic period. Lets analyze what we face in the future. Slow economic growth is the downfall to our recovery in the United States. However, a successful society can solve its problems in unanticipated ways. Energy and innovation typically arise from surprising places, more often from the bottom than the top. It will take a concerted effort from all Americans to help in the return to a prosperous nation. No one can say for certain that we wont return to our rapid rate of economic growth. Business reforms, interactive communications new industrial techniques, overseas markets, and our progress in cutting the federal deficit and interest rates may produce faster economic growth than they have so far. Still other, unanticipated solutions for our slow growth may yet emerge. While these prospects are remote, you can determine for yourselves whether or not we are returning to rapid economic growth by following what specialist are saying and predicting. T...