This paper introduces new estimates of recent productivity developments in the United States, using an appropriate … continued strong performance of U.S. productivity since 2000. We find that the major sectoral players in the late 1990s pickup … were not contributors to the more recent surge in productivity. Rather, striking gains in MFP in the finance and business …

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Technology, Innovation, and Productivity in the Information … Practices That Enhance Productivity -- 5 Organizational Capital -- 6 Incentives for Innovation in the Information Economy -- 7 …Two experts on the information economy explore the true economic value of technology and innovation. …