Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 5/2/17

Mary:    I’m Mary Walden with economist MW welcoming you to the economic perspective.  Today’s program asks, what’s behind the productivity slide.   Mike, economists say that one reason our economy has been growing slowly is that labor productivity – or what a worker produces in a given time period – has been improving at historically low rates.  Why is this happening?

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