[p2p-research] Fwd: Deloitte's Shift Index: Advances in Labor Productivity Fail to Drive Profit

[Kevin Carson]

On 11/10/09, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:

> does anyone have an informed perspective on 'return on assets', and if this
> may be a flawed metric, as Dmytri seemed to suggest in barcelona, if I
> remember it correctly?

The problems with the Return on Investment metric were a major theme
in The Rebirth of American Industry, by William Waddell and Norman
Bodek.  I reviewed it here:
http://mutualist.blogspot.com/2008/06/book-review-rebirth-of-american.html


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