Productivity Takes the Baton Amid a Declining Labor Force

Published on January 28, 2026

Theoretically, the two foundational drivers of long‑run economic growth are population growth, which expands the labor force, and productivity, which determines how efficiently that labor can transform inputs into outputs.

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