America’s economic outperformance is a marvel to behold

Metadata

• Author: The Economist
• Full Title: America’s economic outperformance is a marvel to behold
• Category: articles
• URL: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2023/04/13/from-strength-to-strength

Highlights

• a broad church (View Highlight)
• hollowed out (View Highlight)
• maternity leave (View Highlight)
• There are two things that matter to an economy in the long term: the size of its workforce and the productivity thereof. (View Highlight)
• An American worker puts in on average 1,800 hours per year (a 36-hour work week with four weeks of holiday), roughly 200 hours more than in Europe, though 500 less than in China. (View Highlight)
• Simply put, they are skills, size and spunk. (View Highlight)
• leg-up (View Highlight)
• office drone (View Highlight)
• Pangloss (View Highlight)
• get ahead (View Highlight)
• “Economics is not a morality play,” says Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a think-tank. “It would be nice if we could design policies that solve inequality and promote growth at the same time, but regrettably there are only a few policies that do both. Cruelty does not prevent an economy from growing.” (View Highlight)
• bear fruit (View Highlight)
• looms (View Highlight)
• protracted stand-off (View Highlight)
• see eye-to-eye (View Highlight)
• mantle (View Highlight)
• overarching (View Highlight)