tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post8703334103151530938..comments2024-02-21T14:18:09.212-08:00Comments on R World: Productivity Matters (Debt Not so Much)Ron Davisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-59522743918959337932009-09-03T19:43:38.652-07:002009-09-03T19:43:38.652-07:00Allen - it was an increase in vineyard production....Allen - it was an increase in vineyard production. Go ahead. Open the bottle. <br /><br />Nunya,<br />I do believe this. I left out one party: consumers who get more for the same price. If we're more productive, somebody (hopefully everybody) is getting more: whether it is greedy business owners, smothering governments, or demanding employees or customers. You might not like who gets the benefit of the added productivity and how groups get that is its own discussion but if we aren't more productive any gains for one group always come at someone else's expense. It is pretty simple arithmetic.Ron Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972794876337195698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-49774688082500167532009-09-03T11:58:41.212-07:002009-09-03T11:58:41.212-07:00"If we produce more, we can have more, whethe...<i>"If we produce more, we can have more, whether it comes in the form of profits or salary or taxes and is taken now in consumption or saved for later as investment."</i><br /><br />Hoooo-eeee, you bought that one hook, line and sinker, didn't you?nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833886980442919570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32914592.post-17087901643918395622009-09-02T23:29:52.252-07:002009-09-02T23:29:52.252-07:00What was the non-farm productivity growth in? Gro...What was the non-farm productivity growth in? Growth is good only if it's in industries that can produce sustainable growth.<br /><br />I don't know if auto mfg is considered in the growth number but let's say it is, then the 6.6% growth would have as 1 component an increase in auto mfg output. But that wouldn't be sustainable growth because the "cash for clunkers" program was a short term stimulus item and therefore not sustainable.<br /><br />I want to see what's behind that 6.6% growth before I open a bottle of Sparkling Wine.Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291372921696671073noreply@blogger.com