Chapter 9 - Assignment 1: Breaking Down the Barriers to Technological Progress

<BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF TEXT=#000000 ALINK=#0000FF VLINK=#FF6666 background="../../../images/bckgrnd.GIF"> <CENTER> <H1>Chapter 9 - Assignment 1: Breaking Down the Barriers to Technological Progress</H1> </CENTER> <HR> Read the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' report entitled: "<a href="http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/pubs/ar/ar1996.html">Breaking Down the Barriers to Technological Progress: How U.S. policy can promote higher economic growth</a>," by Preston J. Miller and James A. Schmitz. <P> <OL type="a"> <LI>What do the authors claim is the key to increasing the rate of growth of productivity in the U.S.? <LI>Describe the methods suggested by the authors to achieve this goal. Explain why each of these policies might have an effect on productivity growth. </OL> <HR> [ <a href="c9.htm" target="_top">Chapter 9</a> | <a href="mailto:csweb.College_Econ@cengage.com">Feedback</a> ] <CENTER> <H6>Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.<BR> <A href="http://www.hmco.com/hmco/Copyright.html">Terms and Conditions of Use</a> and <a href="http://www.hmco.com/hmco/Trademark.html">Trademark Information</a><BR> </H6> </CENTER> </BODY>