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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:17 PM Original message |
MSNBC's "Productivity grows at fastest pace in 6 years" article: Silver lining wraps fat black cloud |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. so workers are working harder for less money? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Rich people get richer. nt |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Because MSNBC likes "Productivity grows at fastest pace in 6 years" headlines |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. "Productivity" as economists use the term doesn't have much to do with "working harder" |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think the glass half full/empty analogy pretty much sums it up |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. glass half empty / cup half empty |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. A couple of years ago, my daughter brought home a kitten... |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. dunno, Geithner is pretty worm-like |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Productivity has gone up pretty steadily since the 1980s |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Interesting the "journalist" can juxtapose these two thoughts in the same opening sentence. |
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wuvuj (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Productivity grows at fastest pace in 6 years" |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. Productivty is not a good economic indicator unless it is paired with rising employement and wages |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. Fewer workers, working harder, for less money = productivity increase |
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