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From 1973 to 1985, US energy consumption per dollar of GDP declined by 28% – five times faster than during the previous quarter-century, according to the DOE.
Productivity performance did not vary dramatically between northern and southern European countries from 2000 to 2010 – in fact, average annual productivity growth was faster in Greece than in Germany (1% versus 0.7%).
But labor costs increased much faster in the south, resulting in differential cost increases that cannot be addressed by devaluation as long as the monetary union endures.
Skilled labor is likely to emigrate faster, and extreme austerity, falling prices, and high unemployment – and the resulting likelihood of social tension – are not exactly conducive to investment, innovation, or labor mobility.
Moreover, it is clear that northern European countries could help to close the competitiveness gap more rapidly by encouraging faster wage growth.
In short, internal adjustment in the eurozone is achievable without serious deflation in the south, provided that productivity growth there accelerates, and that the north does its part by encouraging modestly faster wage gains.
The key reason is that wages in China began rising much faster than in other low-wage Asian economies, and companies within Asia’s production networks are finding it difficult to retain their most talented Chinese staff, particularly in the country’s booming coastal regions.
NEW DELHI – When US President Barack Obama visited India in November and complimented its leaders on the growing success and prowess of their economy, a tacit question returned to center stage: Will China grow faster than India indefinitely, or will India shortly overtake it?
And, once again, China seemed to be the horse to bet on: it grew faster, because it changed its policy framework much faster than democracy permits.
Without external constraints, public and private expenditure grew precipitously in many countries on the eurozone periphery, while wages rose faster than productivity.
This seems right: people around the world can barely afford the rising health-care and school-tuition costs they currently face – costs that seem to increase each year faster than overall inflation.
As long ago as the period following World War I, countries that adopted an independent monetary policy recovered faster than those that remained locked into the gold standard.
As a result, though total credit in China continues to grow three times faster than nominal GDP, a major downturn is now underway.
The only secure way to get “trickle-down” wealth to trickle faster is by cutting marginal tax rates still further, or, alternatively, by improving the “human capital” of the poor, so that they become worth more to their employers.
Nor is it by any means certain that the human capital of the majority can be increased faster than that of the minority, who capture all of the educational advantages flowing from superior wealth, family conditions, and connections.
Yet these improvements to human capital have not translated into faster economic growth.
Failures would be faster – and much cheaper – because stakeholders would be less dependent on any one project.
A biopharma megafund would offer a competitive edge in the industry, with lower development costs, a higher success rate, and faster time to market.
But about 70% of them are used to make farm animals to grow a bit faster.
Furthermore, Medicaid eligibility has expanded faster than anticipated, owing to an increase in the number of Americans living in poverty.
Energy projects also could be strengthened, given that energy needs are expected to grow even faster south of the Mediterranean than in Europe.
With public support, progress could be much faster.
Since the euro’s introduction, unit labor costs have risen dramatically faster in France than they have in Germany.
And yet we also know that the pace of change is faster than ever before, and that governments, businesses, and households are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up.
Social-networking technologies have already made recruitment for clinical trials more efficient, and artificial intelligence and predictive analytics have allowed for trials to be conducted much faster.
Labor productivity in manufacturing industries rose much faster than in the rest of the economy: The same or higher quantity of steel, cars, and electronics could be produced with far fewer workers.
“Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world,” the report noted, adding that “if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high.”
But if current projections hold true, several countries will accomplish a similar transformation a decade faster.
Rapidly expanding global trade, combined with an ever-freer and faster exchange of people and ideas, has been a cornerstone of this growth, particularly of the strong productivity gains that underlie it.
You could easily fail to take the right medicine, and you would certainly expect your life to return to normal much faster than is realistic.
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