Tag Archives: productivity

Want to Fix Income Inequality? Relink Wages to Productivity

Can policymakers lessen inequality without harming innovation, investment and productivity growth?

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Spain May Have to Reset Its Culinary Clock

The structure of daily life in Spain gets revamped — an example of European unification.

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Robots Are Not the Problem

Less “rise of the machines” — and more “rise of the incomes.”

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What Happens When the Robots Take Over?

A reflection on human ingenuity and production.

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Questioning the Economic Benefits of Low Taxes

How do social choices shed a light on differences in tax policy in the United States and Europe?

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The West’s Day of Fiscal Reckoning, Part II

In theory, there are four options to address the West’s debt overhang.

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Health Care and Productivity

Productivity means better health care costs less, not more!

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What Really Is Competitiveness?

Nations compete — but no one ever accurately measures national competitiveness.

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China and the End of the Magic of Extrapolation

How can China avoid a hard landing in the next few years?

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When the Talent Leaves

What’s stopping the most talented workers from taking the elevator out of the building and hopping a plane to San Jose?

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