In the second edition of "Women's Figures," author Diana Furchtgott-Roth shatters the myth of the wage gap, alleging that women are continuing to gain ground relative to men. Preferential policies towards women are undermining America's notion of meritocracy and are actually calling into question the value of women's earned achievements.

How the United States encourages and manages productivity growth will determine the standard of living for American workers--both now and in the future.

Productivity growth is critical to maintaining and increasing the standard of living for American workers.

Chairman Greenspan was one of the earlier identifiers of the emerging acceleration of productivity during the 1990s.

A1 percent increase in the productivity growth rate has the power to cut the federal deficit by $2 trillion over ten years and trim the Social Security shortfall by one-quarter to one-half overseventy-five years.

During the late 1990s, productivity soared and ignited a "new economy" debate over whether the phenomenon was temporary or permanent. More recently, productivity growth has been unusually strong in the face of an abruptly slowing economy, surprising many skeptics who viewed the boom times of...

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Thisarticleexploresthe significant increase in productivity in recent years and offered reasons for this accomplishment.