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De-Industrialisation II

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Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 18:43:14 -0500

Title: De-Industrialisation II
Author: Walter Stanners (Over, Cambridge, UK)
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Comments: Type of Document - MS Word document; prepared on IBM PC ; to print on Lexmark Z51; pages: 6 ; figures: 5 figures, included as bmp inserts
Keywords: deindustrialization, productivity
JEL: 030
EWPA-references: ewp-dev/9601001, ewp-mac/9804003
Report-no: WFS-555

Abstract:

Is industrial production relatively in decline? No, it is not. This note displays the evidence that for the last 40 years, in the 6 largest economies of the world, industrial production has kept pace with total output.

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