2 Thus, what is needed is for firms to make greater efforts to tap latent consumer demand and create new added value. At the same time, in terms of improving productivity in the economy as a whole, efforts at the micro-level alone are not sufficient.
What is also crucial is to enhance the metabolism of the economy as a whole, that is, not to impede the smooth transfer of production resources such as capital and labor from areas of shrinking demand to areas of growing demand.