I was curious about your claim, but looking at GDP/hour, it doesn't appear true: http://www.conference-board.org/economics/downloads/Productivity%20Brief_2009.

I was curious about your claim, but looking at GDP/hour, it doesn't appear true: http://www.conference-board.org/economics/downloads/Productivity%20Brief_2009.pdf http://www.conference-board.org/economics/downloads/Producti... (page 18) What studies are you basing your claim off of?