Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 7/27/18

This is Mary Walden with economist MW, welcoming you to the economic perspective.  Today’s program looks to explain worker productivity.  Mike, worker productivity is a key statistic followed by economists because it is associated with rising pay and improvements in the standard of living.  Therefore, it is a concern that North Carolina’s worker productivity has lagged the nation’s in recent years.  Do we know why?

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