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The paper demonstrates a social model influencing productivity growth in the U.S., suggesting broad economic implications.
Thomas E. Weisskopf, Samuel Bowles, David M. Gordon, Martin Neil Baily, Albert Rees, Hearts and Minds: A Social Model of U.S. Productivity Growth, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Vol. 1983, No. 2 (1983), pp. 381-450
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