Still number one. (comparison of worker productivity of industrial nations)

From: National Review | Date: July 23, 1990| Author: Rubenstein, Ed | Copyright information

THE FEAR THAT the U.S. is slipping and may already have lost its economic lead has energized the movement for an interventionist industrial policy. In fact, the latest data show we are comfortably ahead of other nations in terms of worker productivity. 

 
  GNP PER EMPLOYED PERSON 
                   (1989 Dollars) 
             As PERCENTAGE OF THE U.S. 
         U.S.   Japan  Germany  UK  Canada 
1950     $24,972  15.2   34.5    53.8  76.0 
1973      39,198  50.8   64.9   ...

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