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# IPM Issue 8 Editor’s Overview

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# IPM Issue 8 Editor’s Overview

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Sharpe, Andrew. 2004. “Editor’s Overview.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 8 (Spring 2004): 1–2. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/issue-8/

## Author:

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

## IPM Issue 8

Spring 2004 pp. 1–2

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The editorial overview for Issue 8 introduces eight articles covering: a progress report on endogenous growth theory; recent productivity developments in Canada and the United States; monetary policy challenges in the new economy; ICT and productivity growth in the United Kingdom; business sector versus total economy measures of aggregate productivity; productivity measurement in services industries; the OECD Productivity Database; and a review of Jeff Madrick’s Why Economies Grow.

Cet aperçu éditorial pour le numéro 8 présente huit articles portant sur : un bilan des progrès de la théorie de la croissance endogène; les récents développements de la productivité au Canada et aux États-Unis; les défis de la politique monétaire dans la nouvelle économie; les TIC et la croissance de la productivité au Royaume-Uni; les mesures de la productivité globale selon la perspective du secteur des entreprises ou de l’économie totale; la mesure de la productivité dans les industries de services; la base de données de productivité de l’OCDE; et une recension de l’ouvrage de Jeff Madrick, Why Economies Grow.

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