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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:43 AM Original message |
Companies Accelerate Spending as U.S. Productivity Bypasses Jobs |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. I have a problem with how they figure productivity. |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Productivity specifically is how much work to a person |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Productivity increase is a pretty phrase for people doing more for the same |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It's a mathematical measure meaning pretty much that, yes |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yet no allowance is made for the potential downsides of either layoffs |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Not the top 400 families who own most of the wealth. nt |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Bottom line is...people can't buy what they can't afford on |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Which is why we need a major WPA style program to |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Then we should have voted for FDR. |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-29-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. ? |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. K&R- I read something last year-Company CEO stated his next new hires are now |
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groundloop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I'm not that pessimistic. My employer is building a new plant... |
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Frisbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Out of curiosity, what industry is that? eom |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. See this |
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