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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (129553)8/2/2001 7:13:38 PM
From: Alomex  Read Replies (1) of 164684
 
shouldn't that raw material lead to increased revenues somewhere else

Often, yes.

and, therefore, get included into productivity figures?

Not always. Think back for a moment in 1940, if i produce a higher quality radio for the same price, was there an increase in productivity there? Yes when you measure inputs versus outputs, no when you measure in dollars.

There are many other reasons why a productivity gain in computers might not show in dollar figures, including variants of the delay effect.
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