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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:35 PM Original message |
Question for DU econ or business majors re worker productivity. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. They don't know what they mean. According to GDP per hours worked, we're #3 |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Luxembourg! I thought that banking stuff was the only thing people DID in Luxembourg! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Well, it's hard to measure social value |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know the full answer, but.. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. Your definition is partially true. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Really, higher than all the Scandinavian countries, Holland and Germany? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I don't know what the actual rankings are, but that's how it's calculated. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. i know I read technological gains have made the avg worker 30% more productive in I think it was ... |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I wonder if that's a causal effect, or just a correlation. nt |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Productivelty is a measure of machinery and technology. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. So what can we do to keep the increase in productivity under your measure |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. We already have a glut of IT workers. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-06-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Not to go all Luddite on you, but isn't there just a limit to the effects |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. Productivity compares the revenue gained from selling a product or service to the cost of production |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
15. some, perhaps much of it, is not about hard work |
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