This is an interesting notion. Do you mean to imply that productivity increases when your standard of living does? I'd agree with that (for a definition of pro

This is an interesting notion. Do you mean to imply that productivity increases when your standard of living does? I'd agree with that (for a definition of productive that isn't so narrowly defined as production of wealth for a private entity like a company.) If not, we need to deal with the fact that "productivity" doesn't directly correlate with your standard of living, unless your definition of the word is just the rate at which you accumulate capital.