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Why are American workers more productive than British and German workers?

26 Jan 1998

Recent research has shown that R&D investment, market size and graduate engineers are the key to high productivity in manufacturing. A highly skilled work force is less important.

Germany is thought to have some of the most highly trained and productive workers in the world. Howe

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