Productivity and prosperity : a historical sociology of productivist thought /
Foster, Karen R.,
Productivity and prosperity : a historical sociology of productivist thought / Karen R. Foster. - Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Copyright page ; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Discovery of Productivity; 2. Managing and Measuring Productivity; 3. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics; 4. The National Productivity Council; 5. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; 6. The Decline of Productivity?; Conclusion: Productivity's Future and the Limits of Growth ; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
In Productivity and Prosperity, Karen Foster zeroes in on the paradox of productivity: that it is the key to economic prosperity and yet its connection to well-being and median incomes has all but disappeared.
9781487511814
20169021378
Industrial productivity--Canada--Case studies.
Industrial productivity--Government policy--Canada--Case studies.
Electronic Books.
HC120 / .P763 2016
Productivity and prosperity : a historical sociology of productivist thought / Karen R. Foster. - Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Copyright page ; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Discovery of Productivity; 2. Managing and Measuring Productivity; 3. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics; 4. The National Productivity Council; 5. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; 6. The Decline of Productivity?; Conclusion: Productivity's Future and the Limits of Growth ; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
In Productivity and Prosperity, Karen Foster zeroes in on the paradox of productivity: that it is the key to economic prosperity and yet its connection to well-being and median incomes has all but disappeared.
9781487511814
20169021378
Industrial productivity--Canada--Case studies.
Industrial productivity--Government policy--Canada--Case studies.
Electronic Books.
HC120 / .P763 2016