The post-industrial educated class that now dominates Washington appears, if not scornful, profoundly detached from the problems facing productive industry.
The recently-enacted federal health insurance mandate will exacerbate this imbalance by transferring more Americans and their wealth to the insurance and health sectors, and out of productive industry.
But this strategy is ultimately counter-productive for both industry and consumers, argues the report, not least because it deters grass roots research in universities.
Our outsourcing industry I believe has helped to improve the productive capacity and productivity of American industry.
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Last year De Beers failed in its takeover attempt of Argyle, an enormous Australian mine that supplies the increasingly productive gem-polishing industry in India.
On Thursday, a Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) statement reported a "productive" meeting with industry leaders over the use of horse passports.
Pouring more money into a hopeless industry is as productive as burning dollar bills as fuel.
Close and productive partnerships have made the mobile industry more than a sum of its parts.
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Industry had become so productive (say, everything is made by robots) that this became true.
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In their article, Rockoff and Winslow predicted that this decade could be the most productive in the history of the drug industry.
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Reckless enforcement, or a bias against a regulated industry, is also counter-productive because it removes company incentives to comply with regulations, thereby undermining the purpose behind enforcement, which is to ensure voluntary compliance.
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Overall, U.S. industry has become among the most productive in the world--output has doubled over the past 25 years, and productivity has grown at a rate twice that of the rest of the economy.
PDVSA, Venezuela's state-run oil company, announced a sharp fall in 2006 profits on Tuesday, perhaps a sign that a lack of investment in the industry may be eroding the country's productive capacity.
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The other big influence on the current literary crop is industry's reversion to motivational tools to persuade its workers to be more productive.
These, in conjunction with a booming and innovative recycling industry that helps turn around the discarded waste of Mumbai's 21 million residents, form a productive but often "informal" sector that many fear will be lost when the redevelopment is complete.
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