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The Best Investment Writing Volume 5: Selected Writing from Prominent Investors and Authors

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

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Productivity, a Paradox for the Ages

Over the past decade, economic productivity has grown at a stubborn rate of zero point four % annually. Analists attribute the current slowdown to causes ranging from an aging population to mismeasurement. Robotics and artificial intelligence seem to allow us to do more with less, but this is not reflected in productivity measures. Our analysis suggests that a recent surge in the idea multiplier portends a productivity increase to one point two% annually over the next five years.

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