Rob May, associate chief engineer at the Marysville Auto Plant, is seen checking on a stamping press in the forming department during a tour of the Honda automobile plant in Marysville, Ohio October 11, 2012 (REUTERS/Paul Vernon).

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U.S. Productivity Growth: An Optimistic Perspective

March 29, 2013, Martin Neil Baily, James M. Manyika and Shalabh Gupta

Recent literature has been pessimistic about productivity and growth in the United States, but Martin Baily, James Manyika and Shalabh Gupta explain why innovations in areas like advanced manufacturing, energy production and transportation can lead to a potential return the employment-led growth of the 1990s.