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A macroeconomic look at labor productivity

This interview originally aired on In the Moment on SDPB Radio.

How can we make the U.S. workforce more productive?

Joe Santos, Ph.D., dives into everything we can learn from the labor productivity rate. How is it measured? What does it leave out?

And, is there anything we can do in the short run to stimulate productivity?

Santos is the director of the Ness School of Management and Economics at South Dakota State University. He also leads the Dykhouse Program in Money, Banking and Regulation.  

Read Santos' full blog post.

Lori Walsh is the host and senior producer of In the Moment.
Ari Jungemann is a producer of In the Moment, SDPB's daily news and culture broadcast.
Ellen Koester is a producer of In the Moment, SDPB's daily news and culture broadcast.