Labour productivity growth sure is a strange metric to highlight - why don't we look at just plain old labour productivity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:O

Labour productivity growth sure is a strange metric to highlight - why don't we look at just plain old labour productivity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OECD_Productivity_levels_2007.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OECD_Productivity_levels_... The US is ranked 7th in the OECD, but only Luxembourg and Norway have substantially higher labour productivity, while the top 3-7 countries are virtually tied.