Foster, Karen R., <br/><br/>
Productivity and prosperity :  a historical sociology of productivist thought / 
Karen R. Foster. 
 - Toronto ;  Buffalo ;  London :  University of Toronto Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781487511814 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>20169021378 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Industrial productivity--Canada--Case studies.<br/>Industrial productivity--Government policy--Canada--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC120  / .P763 2016