Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover transforming large-scale companies and workplace diversity. Productivity gains at a national level can be driven by a ...

Faster productivity growth in the U.S. economy provides many benefits such as faster wage growth without adding to inflationary pressures. It also hinges on a few key factors such as public ...

AI adoption and use are still evolving, and the technology itself is changing rapidly. What we know about AI and its impact on productivity growth and the economy remains uncertain. Transformations ...

2023 was a pivotal year for artificial intelligence (AI) as some of the biggest tech companies in the U.S. rolled out new AI tools, products, and services. Researchers at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey ...

U.S. labor productivity initially surged in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the massive economic upheaval. As the economy recovered, the level of productivity retreated to its slow ...

“Productivity isn’t everything,” Paul Krugman wrote in his 1990 book, The Age of Diminished Expectations, “but in the long run it is almost everything.” Productivity is a foundation of prosperity. The ...

As AI advances, societies must consider how to strike a balance between the disruption caused by rapid productivity growth and its many benefits, including rising incomes and living standards.

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - U.S. worker productivity growth slowed more than ⁠initially ⁠thought in the fourth quarter, but ⁠the trend remained solid and could get a boost from the rapid adoption ...

“The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter – for the future. His duty is to lay ...

Higher productivity has quickly emerged as an economic reform priority for Labor’s second term. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has laid down some markers for a productivity round table in August, ...

If you’re not sure quite how to peg the economy these days, you have plenty of company among many middle-class Americans working to get ahead. On one hand, jobs are plentiful and growth is solid. On ...