Productivity, productivity, wherefore art thou? (Romeo and Juliet: Act 2, Scene 2)

Posted by oecdecoscope. Four hundred years after the death of Shakespeare there remain many misconceptions on what he wrote. Perhaps the most common concerns the adulterated quote above, which is actually a reference to why Romeo was a Montague rather than where Romeo was. In the same spirit of confusion, recent years have seen considerable debate about the causes of the productivity slowdown seen across OECD countries. More...