You will see from my profile that I am President of the World Confederation of Productivity Science. We have a very 'grand' but very important mission of bringing about "peace & prosperity through productivity". We firmly believe that the benefits of increased productivity have to be shared equitably.
However, something is going wrong. In the USA:
between 1947 and 1974 productivity doubled and so did median family incomes
between 1974 and 2000 productivity rose 56% while median incomes rose 29%
between 2000 and 2005 productivity rose 16% while median incomes fell 2%
(Source: Economic Mobility Project)
so, who's realising all the benefits?
We need to change de developpment model. And is not early to do it. Productivity, social and environment responsabilities are the three pillars of the future (SA8000).
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