Langbeschreibung
Productivity looms large in public policy discussions yet many find themselves hard-pressed to explain exactly what the term means. Even within economics, its nature and significance is contested and the focus of complex debate. Michael Haynes cuts through the jargon and political sloganeering to provide a detailed examination of the concept, how it is used and why it is held by economists to be so important in evaluating the health of economies.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Productivity: "it's almost everything"2. How does productivity happen?3. Mysterious figures4. Can productivity growth go on forever?5. It's tough at the top6. Miracle productivity growth in the Asian Tigers?7. Coming last? Low productivity in Africa8. Productivity in a different world