Remarkable changes have taken place in the book business.

It must have taken you a long time to fix up all these book shelves.

What is taken for granted by most people

According to Ruth Milkman, American craftsmanship, instead of disappearing, is being taken up by immigrants.

The recent economic crisis has taken the US by surprise

That these huge declines didn't lead to depression mainly reflects, as Romer argues, countermeasures taken by the government.