… increased job losses and high unemployment hasn’t stopped many companies from enjoying higher productivity.

The article said:

“… U.S. worker productivity rose in the second quarter at the fastest pace in almost six years as companies squeezed more out of remaining staff to boost profits. Productivity, a measure of employee output per hour, rose at a 6.6 percent annual rate, the most since the third quarter of 2003, revised figures from the Labor Department showed today in …

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… transit systems, bridges and harbor development not only can put people to work, they can increase productivity dramatically.

"One of the reasons India lags behind China in its growth is China has better infrastructure," Haines said.

Infrastructure is good. It’s always good to improve a nation’s roads, sewer systems, bridges etc.; but where exactly are we getting the money for this infrastructure if the tax base is decimated by foreclosures and job losses? Yes, we …