Despite increases in wealth, industrial productivity, and the size of the American population, the decline has accelerated.
The larger economic truth that wealth is productivity, and that it is hard to imagine the free movement of goods without a free movement of peoples (a truth discovered, ironically, by English economists in the face of French Enlightenment resistance), was lost, too.
But a petro-state thrives on mineral wealth, not productivity or efficiency.
Purchasing power is maintained by high profitability for corporations and by wealth creation, productivity awards and competitive pricing for individuals.
For a large number of countries Lynn and Vanhanen (2002) have published data on mean intelligence levels and compared them to wealth and productivity indicators.
Assessment of zooplankton biodiversity will be useful to monitor the health (water quality) and wealth (fishery productivity) of this lake system in the near future.
By rapidly educating its workforce, by brilliantly executing immensely large projects, by importing expertise and dollars in a shrinking world, China could be creating a "shower of wealth and productivity" such that consumption eventually "trickles through" into the bubble.
America's great wealth and productivity have been twisted into an effort to make the U.S. the dictatress of the globe, irrespective of financial, human, and constitutional cost.
Half a century ago, for example, labor unions were understood by many to be an important part of our political and economic system, helping ensure fair treatment for their members while contributing to the wealth and productivity of industry.
For example, villages may differ systematically in household wealth, agricultural productivity, or the distance to markets; these factors vary across villages but are correlated across households within villages.
