embers; even Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Vice Chair Stanley Fischer have joined the fray.” Most recently, in September 2016, the Brookings Institution hosted a conference with leading experts from both camps to debate the issue. We should note that debates on productivity are nothing new. They have

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