Broadberry, Stephen N; Fukao, Kyoji; Zammit, Nick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
acceleration, comparison with the United States suggests that catching-up only really started after 1950, due to the unusually … dynamic performance of the US economy before 1950. A comparison with the United Kingdom, still the world productivity leader … Japanese manufacturing, which is also obscured by a comparison with the United States. Japan overtook the UK as a major …