The annual growth rate of the US economy has declined since the post-World War II era.  While many policy makers express a high-level goal of encouraging economic growth as a macroeconomic objective, policy discussions of economic growth and "pro-growth" policy changes are frequently discussed in terms that are aspirational rather than evidence-based.  With the goal of helping students understand the ways in which research can inform our understanding of the expected effects of such policy changes on the US economy the course covers nine specific policy levers: