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Sunday, December 14, 2008
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  • Economists agree that the long-term solution for restoring economic growth lies in raising productivity, whose growth has slowed dramatically since 2002. A preview of the Private Equity Council's report on productivity examines what's behind the slowdown, and how to fix it.

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    I am sorry, but rising productivity has little or no effect as long as the action happens in China and not in the USA or the EU. It is high time economists understand the manufacturing engine must be repatriated for the odds that the Western world is ot survice with 'services' is ZERO.
    2008 Dec 14 11:47 AM Reply
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    Murdoch owned WSJ that routinely substitutes pure editorial for even a veneer of empirically grounded analysis - is it a cause or a symptom of declining productivity?
    2008 Dec 14 05:14 PM Reply
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