Western political leaders, under pressure from increasingly vocal protestors, emphasizing the potential of trade … countries. In spite of its pious preaching in favour of trade liberalization, the North has left in place high protectionist … implementation and trade adjustment; a substantial weakening of anti-dumping regimes; and the refusal to include environmental and …

. One approach sees economic growth leading to environmental degradation by imposing stresses on limited natural resources …. Economic growth, once a certain level is achieved, leads to a cleaner environment as the higher income shifts societal …. In addition, it is argued that economic growth is increasingly service-based, decoupling pollution from economic activity …

running from social conditions and factors to productivity growth. <p> The objective of the second issue of the Review of …

in which program spending was frozen in nominal terms, but not cut, would have produced more growth and employment and …

In this chapter, William Watson challenges Heath's interpretation of the benefits of productivity growth, but agrees … productivity growth. Watson tackles Heath's assessment of the social benefits of productivity growth directly, starting with the …

framework of a balanced budget. In their view, although the current growth recession will reduce the potential surplus somewhat …, the medium-term outlook is still for increasing surpluses. Concerned about lagging economic growth and emphasizing the … importance of efficiency and productivity growth, they argue that priority should be given to debt reduction and tax cuts …

The Canadian service sector has performed well in recent years in terms of labour and multifactor productivity growth … sector. Service sector labour productivity growth has also shown a marked acceleration in both Canada and the United States … Canadian success story. The sources of the acceleration in service sector labour productivity growth were different in the two …

developing countries. It is found that this relationship is even stronger than that between economic growth and poverty reduction …, and about as important as that between GDP per capita growth and poverty reduction. It is also found that the level of … income inequality mediates the relationship between productivity growth and poverty reduction. The greater the level of …

The foundation for real income growth is productivity growth. This basic principle of economics is well illustrated in … with the United States can be accounted for by our slower labour productivity growth. In the first half of the period our … of productivity growth in the United States after 1995 was responsible for our relative deterioration in living standards …

article concludes that the book will be required reading for all economists interested in long-run economic growth trends and …