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Contrary to a major statistical series calculated by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Gross Product Originating (GPO) series, the United States has experienced a definite erosion of its industrial base between 1973 and 1985, with manufacturing dropping at least 2.8 percent and perhaps as much as 4.5 percent in its share of national output. Manufacturing labor productivity growth from 1979-85 was about 1.9 percent annually rather than the 3.5 percent growth implied by the GPO series. Tha

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Author

Lawrence Mishel

Publisher

Economic Policy Institute, 1730 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Suite 812, Washington, DC 20036 ($5.00)

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9780944826034

Category

business

Subjects

Economics, Business, Statistics

Updated

2026-03-25