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Author Foster, Karen R., author.

Title Productivity and prosperity : a historical sociology of productivist thought / Karen R. Foster
Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
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Contents Cover; Copyright page ; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Discovery of Productivity; 2. Managing and Measuring Productivity; 3. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics; 4. The National Productivity Council; 5. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; 6. The Decline of Productivity?; Conclusion: Productivity's Future and the Limits of Growth ; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary In Productivity and Prosperity, Karen Foster zeroes in on the paradox of productivity: that it is the key to economic prosperity and yet its connection to well-being and median incomes has all but disappeared
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 3, 2016)
Subject Industrial productivity -- Canada -- Case studies
Industrial productivity -- Government policy -- Canada -- Case studies
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Economic policy
Industrial productivity
Industrial productivity -- Government policy
SUBJECT Canada -- Economic policy -- Case studies
Subject Canada
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781487511814
1487511817