America's Needs and Resources: A Twentieth Century Fund Survey which Includes Estimates for 1950 and 1960 |
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Page 24
... man - hour increases at the average rate of 1.7 per cent per year , it will rise by about 13.5 cents from 1940 to 1950 , that is from 74 cents to 87.5 cents ( at 1940 prices ) . A further rise of 15.9 cents would yield an average output ...
... man - hour increases at the average rate of 1.7 per cent per year , it will rise by about 13.5 cents from 1940 to 1950 , that is from 74 cents to 87.5 cents ( at 1940 prices ) . A further rise of 15.9 cents would yield an average output ...
Page 629
... man - hour in manufacturing was a third higher in 1939 than in 1929. In railway transportation , the increase in productivity was equally striking . Output per man - hour on steam railroads increased 33 per cent between 1919 and 1929 ...
... man - hour in manufacturing was a third higher in 1939 than in 1929. In railway transportation , the increase in productivity was equally striking . Output per man - hour on steam railroads increased 33 per cent between 1919 and 1929 ...
Page 680
... man - hour was much more than 18 per cent , but in many earlier decades it was much less , and in some , productivity apparently in- creased very little . If we could increase output per man - hour during the present decade at the ...
... man - hour was much more than 18 per cent , but in many earlier decades it was much less , and in some , productivity apparently in- creased very little . If we could increase output per man - hour during the present decade at the ...
Contents
THE WAR POTENTIAL | 3 |
PAST TRENDS AND FUTURE OUTPUT | 17 |
POPULATION TRENDS | 30 |
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