At 5:57 PM -0800 2/16/97, Michael Perelman wrote: >Wow! All you need to to do increase productivity is to contract out. You >can have the same sales for fewer employees. People pay for this sort of >advise! > > >> Proof of rising U.S. productivity -- Want more evidence that U.S. >> productivity gains are badly understated? Than look at the growth of >> real sales per employee for companies in the Standard & Poor's >> 500-stock index, advises economist Edward Yardeni of Deutsche Morgan >> Grenfell Inc. People like Yardeni are paid $2 mill a year to come up with stuff like this. Anything to keep the bonds & stocks moving off the shelves! Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>