It sounds like you're looking for The Rise and Fall of American Growth[1] by a gent named Robert Gordon. Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death[2] is also o

It sounds like you're looking for The Rise and Fall of American Growth[1] by a gent named Robert Gordon. Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death[2] is also on-topic, he discusses how advertising has changed since the foundation of the United States. [1]https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691147727/the-rise-and-fall-of-american-growth https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691147727/th... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death