Re: Productivity "miracle" or mirage?

2001-07-03 Thread Michael Perelman
Strassmann's book, The Squandered Computer, is interesting. His work is often contrasted with Eric Brynjolfsson of MIT, who seems to make the strongest case for the New Economy of all the economists. He tries to measure the actual productivity of computers and high tech gear. Needless to say, h

Productivity "miracle" or mirage?

2001-07-03 Thread Keaney Michael
Penners Here's an interesting interview with someone who sounds interesting on the topic of the IT investment boom and the "great US productivity miracle". In the same edition of the FT, Harvard professor Martin Feldstein pens an opinion piece warning that thanks to this apparent miracle the US i