Then again, why would I need the Shield if I already own an Android phone or tablet if not to output to the TV?

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Private or not, higher Iraqi output would mean that oil prices would drop for a while and America's economy (along with other oil-consumers') would benefit.

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Cement output might not increase, or building of low-cost homes accelerate, simply because the state has majority ownership.

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At the national level, maintaining a class of retirees (whether via Social Security or private pensions) means redistributing existing output, not putting money under your mattress.

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The result is that, although output per worker rises only slowly or not at all, wages go up as fast as they do in the rest of the economy.

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The bursting of the Japanese bubble a decade ago did not lead immediately to sharp contractions in output or a significant rise in unemployment.

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And finally, it supports various sensors for things like contact closures or video output so you can keep track of whether or not a piece of equipment is turned on or off.

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We can expect rapidly rising prices and much, much higher interest rates over the next four or five years, and a concomitant deleterious impact on output and employment not unlike the late 1970s.

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Now, pay is supposed to be linked to output, though becoming more productive is not easy for desk-bound civil servants or workers in factories that have no power, raw materials or markets.

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