Comments on: Two Historical Tales of Productivity. http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/two-historical-tales-of-productivity/ taking the most charitable view of those who disagree Mon, 21 Dec 2020 14:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.32 By: Tom G http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/two-historical-tales-of-productivity/#comment-463883 Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:23:58 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=6500#comment-463883 The “something else” is the pro-business, pro-work, pro-independence culture of the time. The willingness to try many things until something “works” to allow a worker to make enough money.
The deserved pride at achieving financial solvency.
The deserved social status.

The limited taxes, limited regulations, limited gov’t benefits allowed the freedom and strongly encouraged trial until success, thru the stick of poverty when not successful.

Economic growth in the US will remain slow, whatever the Fed does, until regulations & taxes allow more folk to try new business ideas.

]]> By: Andrew' http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/two-historical-tales-of-productivity/#comment-463784 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:23:52 +0000 http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/?p=6500#comment-463784 Isn’t “output” an accounting measure of trade?

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