Many Economists Studying the Productivity-Growth Patterns in the U

Multiple Choice

Many economists studying the productivity-growth patterns in the U.S. believe that in the period 1995-2010, the productivity of labor in the nation

A) benefited from a significant wave of technological advance, coupled with global competition.
B) suffered severely from global competition and outsourcing.
C) was not much affected by external and technological forces, continuing on at a steady rate as before.
D) weakened from the rising economic powers of other nations like China and India.