productivity
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But they said they do foresee it boosting productivity growth, which “can help offset fiscal concerns.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Here, “exposure” counted as AI’s capacity to double the productivity of a job task, either with the human or by itself.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Longer term, a hotter climate will mean falling worker productivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Business leaders will also be present at G20 discussions this year on barriers to investment, innovation and productivity.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
This correspondence concerned the following broad question: what is the best way to organize human groups, organizations, and businesses so as to maximize productivity, creativity, innovation, and wealth?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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That, in turn, allowed firms to meet a given level of demand by using more workers less intensively—at lower productivities.
From Economist ● Feb. 17, 2014
Over the long run, technology sets potential productivities, which govern the wages workers can earn.
From Economist ● Jan. 22, 2014
For instance, Japanese steel, metal, car, car parts, camera, and consumer electronic companies compete fiercely and have higher productivities than their U.S. counterparts.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Of course, there are also the famous differences between the productivities of the economies of whole countries, such as Japan, the United States, France, and Germany.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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For expository reasons we can take social subsistence and productivities as purely constant.
From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus
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