[Peace-discuss] The money was there all along

[Bob Illyes]

I believe it was Soros who pointed out that as the stock market bubble 
grew, production went down, i.e., the stock market rise was having the 
opposite of its oft-claimed effect.

I am somewhat mystified by the repeated statements I've heard of the 
extraordinary productivity of the American worker. Does anybody know where 
this comes from? As was intimated by Laurie, the main increase in American 
"productivity" seems to be in the area of "paper". I have no doubt that 
productivity is going up, but this would seem to be a world-wide effect due 
to improved technology, not a peculiarly American thing.

Bob