new Gordon papers

Brad De Long delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU
Mon May 8 11:17:07 PDT 2000



>Brad De Long wrote:
>
>>Yes and yes...
>>
>>Analyzing multi-factor productivity in the computer-using sector
>>masks the fact that in the past five years labor productivity in
>>the computer-using sector has leaped ahead. The MFP analysis
>>essentially says that this rise in labor productivity is to be
>>expected given the extraordinarily large number of computers
>>purchased...
>
>So what's the DeLong posish on this controversy?
>
>Doug

Ignorance... I have a stack of things by Dan Sichel and Erik Brynjolffson to read and talks by various Berkeley and non-Berkeley luminaries to go to...

Maybe I'll have a view by Wednesday...

Brad DeLong



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