Productivity panics: polemics and realities

Paul Auerbach

Productivity panics: polemics and realities

Paul Auerbach

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Abstract

Widespread uneasiness has emerged concerning a perceived slowdown in productivity growth. The question posed here is whether our destiny is indeed tied to inexorable movements in productivity and innovation, whatever these things may be, or can we build a future contingent upon collective choices and guided by human needs and desires?

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Kingston upon Thames, U.K.
Publisher	School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Kingston University
Number of pages	25
Publication status	Published - 25 Feb 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Economics Discussion Paper
Publisher	School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Kingston University
No.	2019-3

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence
Economics and econometrics
Schumpeter
innovation
productivity
technological change
total factor pr

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Productivity panics: polemics and realities

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