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William Watson: The problems with trying to measure productivity

A new research group wants to speed up the nation's productivity growth. But the view from 35,000 feet doesn't always help

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Maybe you saw the piece by University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe in the front section last week about how Ottawa, via the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, is giving a group he heads at UCalgary $6 million to expand its existing research on productivity into a national network.

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Tombe is one of the country’s most respected policy economists and there are many worse things the government could be doing with our money — have you read a federal budget lately? I’m sure........

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