Absence Quote by Paul A. Baran

If each year slightly less capital is invested in industry, the time will eventually come when the amount of equipment per laborer and, in…

— Sumner Slichter

Some people think it's a law that when productivity goes up, everybody benefits. There is no economic law that says technological progress has to…

— Erik Brynjolfsson

Growth in productivity has diverged from growth in the share that working people can expect right across advanced economies, but this trend started earlier…

— Mariana Mazzucato

If you don't understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure…

— W. Edwards Deming

“production capability increases through investment and productivity gains, allowing supply to expand to sustain the growing demand and to generate increasing net incomes. The…

— Edward A. Hudson

Technology has brought productivity and efficiency to nearly every sector of the economy.

— Jon Husted

In manufacturing, where mechanization and the use of chemical processes are much easier, it is easier to raise productivity than in services. In contrast,…

— Ha-Joon Chang

Nothing disturbs me more than the downward trend of productivity in our nation today. The consequences of a decrease in productivity are a diminished…

— Robert S. Strauss

Productivity depends on many factors, including our workforce's knowledge and skills and the quantity and quality of the capital, technology, and infrastructure that they…

— Janet Yellen

Productivity growth, however it occurs, has a disruptive side to it. In the short term, most things that contribute to productivity growth are very…

— Janet Yellen

In reality, we've had more spending, more bureaucracy, more waste and higher costs but without necessary reform nor rising productivity.

— Andrew Lansley

Higher productivity enables companies to increase sales without adding workers. Even if job markets tighten and wages rise, corporate profits can continue to climb…

— Alex Berenson