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# IPM Issue 12 Editor’s Overview

Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-12/

# IPM Issue 12 Editor’s Overview

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Sharpe, Andrew. 2006. “Editor’s Overview.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 12 (Spring 2006): 1–4. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-12/

## Author:

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Andrew Sharpe
Centre for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)

## IPM Issue 12

Spring 2006 pp. 1–4

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The editorial overview for Issue 12 introduces a special symposium of five articles on the Boskin Commission Report after a decade, examining its impact on price measurement in the U.S. and internationally, plus a review article on information technology and the U.S. growth resurgence.

Cet aperçu éditorial pour le numéro 12 présente un symposium spécial de cinq articles sur le rapport de la Commission Boskin après une décennie, examinant son impact sur la mesure des prix aux États-Unis et à l’échelle internationale, ainsi qu’un article de recension sur les technologies de l’information et la reprise de la croissance américaine.

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