training and investment in technology. productivity growth fell for more than 3% in the late 1990s to less than 1% after 2010. but when companies have fewer workers and pay more for the ones they have got, they feel compelled to invest more in them. in a labor shortage employers tend to train workers more which in turn boosts productivity, and this particular shortage appears to already have had an effect. in the past year productivity growth has picked up significantly. a more productive workforce is actually good for competition, and if this trend continues long term it could produce a glut of growth and this gives workers a chance to experiment many workers have left their jobs to start their own businesses and a rise in entrepreneurship would add some much-needed dynamism to the american economy. so striketobor, terrible word and the great resignation may