A third theory is that big tech is simply uncool — that not only is profit growth for these companies slowing, not only are their traditional markets are drying up, but their brands repel investors.

第三种理论是大型科技股缺乏吸引力——它们不仅利润增速放缓，传统市场萎缩，而且它们的品牌也已令投资者厌烦。

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There still should be labor demand growth but simply not as much as you would have thought in the absence of a drop in the path of nominal demand.

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Weaker than expected iPhone sales grabbed headlines Tuesday, but iPad sales growth was simply astonishing.

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GDP. (The numbers do not add up exactly because they come from different statistical sources.) This does not prove that there has been no rise in productivity, but simply shows that much recent growth has come from getting more people to work, and persuading them to work longer hours.

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