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		lifeisstillgood on May 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI departures: Why can’t former employees talk... Wait what? I was just listening to the former chief economist of Banknof England going on about how terrible productivity (in the UK) is. So who is right?

michaelt on May 18, 2024 [–]

Google UK productivity growth and you'll find a graph showing:

UK productivity growth, 1990-2007: 2% per year

UK productivity growth, 2010-2019: 0.5% per year

So they're both right. US 50 year productivity growth looks great, UK 10 year productivity growth looks pretty awful.

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