Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: crescita della produttività vertiginosa in Asia e in particolare in Cina

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/73040b3e-8786-11da-8762-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=9d5b9ebe-c8bc-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html
Pacific-rim nations set pace in productivity
By Chris Giles in London
Published: January 17 2006 22:04 | Last updated: January 17 2006 22:04
global bonds marketProductivity growth in Japan has kept up with the US over
the past three years in spite of a sluggish economy, while the efficiency
of Chinese labour has risen faster than any other leading world economy,
according to the world?s most authoritative measurement of productivity.
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The strong performance of China and other Asian economies in boosting gross
domestic product per hour worked has raised living standards of Asian
societies closer to those of the US and some smaller European states.
Labour productivity is one of the most important building blocks of economic
prosperity because it governs the ability of economies to turn individuals?
efforts into goods and services that can be consumed at home and abroad.
The figures published on Wednesday by the Conference Board, a global
business organisation, show that, while Asian economic efficiency is
catching up with the US, most European countries are falling further
behind. The results give another indication of how the world?s economic
centre of gravity has been moving from countries surrounding the Atlantic
to those around the Pacific.
Japan?s output per hour worked in its economy grew by 1.9 per cent in 2005,
a little higher than the US figure of 1.8 per cent. The 2005 figures for
Japan were all the more impressive as productivity grew alongside an
increase in hours worked. In the previous two years, Japan was only able to
keep up with the US because the number of hours worked in the economy was
falling.
China?s productivity grew by 8.4 per cent in 2004 ? the most recent year for
which internationally comparable figures were available ? the fastest rate
of all important world economies. China?s productivity explosion reflects,
in part, its extremely low level of output per hour worked, which allows it
to catch up with the rest of the world. 
Among the 15 members of the European Union before expansion in 2004, the
picture is less rosy. Productivity grew by only 0.9 per cent last year,
further widening the gap with the US.
Bart van Ark, the consulting director to the Conference Board, told the
Financial Times that the erosion of European productivity levels in
comparison to the US was now a structural problem. ?The big change is that,
since 1995, for the the first time since the second world war, European
countries have increased their productivity gap relative to the US,? he
said.
Europe?s problems, were, however, confined to the 15 long-standing members
of the EU. Productivity in the 10 new members, mostly in eastern Europe,
grew rapidly last year, rising by 6.2 per cent as they took advantage of EU
membership to boost output and employment.

 membership to boost output and employment.
Anche loro partono dal basso (meno dei cinesi) ma stanno recuperando 
molto velocemente.
Mirco

 molto velocemente.
Peccato non crescano i salari e i diritti dei lavoratori.

 stataliste e socialiste di cui è piena la comunità europea.
Rotfl, ma piantala, coglione.
L'UE è un'entità troppo spesso supinamente appiattita sulle
posizioni del WTO e mi vieni a parlare di socialismo?
Te lo farei ben vedere io, un po' di sano socialismo... 
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 sano socialismo... 
Un ossimoro.
Mirco