It's the rare Internet pastime that feels productive — even if the product is just an online collage that you e-mail to a friend, with the message "Look, I made this outfit for you!" After dragging and dropping enough images to create an ensemble, a user might paste in a background pattern and then garnish the set with a lipstick or a bottle of perfume.
"If you're never going to leave your business even if you are productive, what threat and ability do you have to get wage increases?" Furman says.
Last year, I wrote about scientific testing that showed that the running start, hockey-inspired swing may even be productive, if hard to achieve consistently.
The Heritage Foundation and other supporters of the president's plan say that the top tax rates are unfairly high and that the most economically productive taxpayers would be even more productive if their tax rates were significantly reduced.
27; Mike Trout; CF; R/R; 23; Unanimous choice for AL MVP could be even more productive if he cuts down on AL-leading 184 strikeouts.
Marr's post-Smiths career was equally productive, even if it lacked the theatricality of Morrissey's.
This sort of specialization would be productive even if one of the countries was more efficient across the board.
Some of the legal losses could be politically productive even if they don't produce any legal satisfaction for Mr. Abbott.
Even if workers are more productive in New York or Palo Alto, once the cost of those workers gets too high, the company will hire cheaper, if less productive, workers elsewhere.
Yet basic trade theory says that trade depends on comparative advantage, not absolute advantage – you can gain from trade even if you're less productive across the board, simply by concentrating on the areas in which your productivity lags least.
Shaw also found that high-performing workers who have been trained well by a good boss continue being productive even if they start working for someone who's measurably less effective.
