Recession or Systemic Restructuring?

Opinion Center
Recession or Systemic Restructuring of the Economy Survey

Was the rise in productivity a product of technology
and not the hiring of the most skilled people?

1. Productivity increased significantly during the last quarter of the 20th century.	Agree Disagree

2. Use of computer technology increased greatly during the last quarter of the 20th century.	Agree Disagree

3. Employee hiring guidelines in the United States changed greatly during the last quarter of the 20th century.	Agree Disagree

4. Starting in the 1970's, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act mandated quotas, which resulted in companies lowering hiring standards in order to meet those quotas.	Agree Disagree

5. If the New York Yankee baseball team were forced to accept lowered standards in order to fill quotas mandated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, what might its win-loss record be?	Yankees might lose more No change Yankees might win more

6. If the New York Yankee baseball team were free to test and hire only the best of the best, what might its win-loss record be?	Yankees might lose more No change Yankees might win more

7. In business lowered hiring standards mandated since the 1970's gradually decreased the capabilities of United States' work force.	Agree Disagree

8. Increased use of computer technology since the 1970's gradually increased productivity of United States' work force.	Agree Disagree

9. For decades the productivity increase derived through the use of computer technology over shadowed the decreasing capabilities of United States' work force.	True Likely Not true

10. The current economic slow down started about October, 2000.	I knew that I didn't know that

11. The current economic slow down may be the result of 30 years of steadily lowered work force capabilities now over shadowing productivity gains from computer technology.	True Likely Not true

12. The current economic slow down may be simply the normal slow down phase of the long-range economic cycle.	True Possibly Not true

13. The current economic slow down may actually be reflecting a systemic change in productivity brought about by the decreased capabilities of United States' work force.	True Likely Not true

14. Today economies of all industrialized nations are more connected than ever before.	True Likely Not true

15. The current economic slow down in the United States, if systemic, will likely spread throughout the industrialized world because the United States' economy drives other industrialized economies.	True Likely Not true

16. Desirable economic growth may take years to return since a systemic decrease in work force capabilities can only be overcome through layoffs, attrition and long-term training.	True Likely Not true

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