Baumol, William J. 　著

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Why the long run?; why productivity matters - and why it does not; acentury of productivity improvement - revolution in American livingstandards; long-run growth in U.S. productivity - is there a slowdown?;international convergence - the comparative U.S. productivity lag; theservice-economy prognosis - cost-disease illustions; is the United Statesbecoming an information economy?; savings, investment and productivitygrowth; education and the "Convergence Club" - lessons for less developedcountries; depletion of natural resources - must economic growth mortgage thefuture?; productivity yardsticks - alternative measures and their appropriateuses; toward policy for the longer term.