Re:Understanding the Historic Divergence Between Productivit...
by WalterBright on Thursday September 03, 2015 @09:25PM
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Sure - if all the jobs were included. You'd have to include things like the CEO, contractors, etc. The accounting for all this isn't easy. If the productivity increase comes from installing a machine, that doesn't mean the machine operator is adding more value - the machine is. The productivity increase would then accrue to whoever took the risk in buying the machine.
I would agree that it is complicated to do the accounting for this, and it's easy to get confused.
I would agree that it is complicated to do the accounting for this, and it's easy to get confused.