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Economics

Misallocation and Aggregate Productivity Losses

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A classic study suggested that if China and India had the same resource allocation as the U.S., their manufacturing productivity could jump by 30–50% without any new technology.

Why this is interesting

Imagine two economies with the same technology and workers—yet one is twice as rich. The difference might not be what they produce, but who gets the resources to produce it.