At any rate, even if twenty-five years in the future, we look back on recent developments and conclude that they were not as important as the innovations earlier in the twentieth century, the recent innovations would still have played a significant role in boosting measured productivity.
***  Accompanying slides of the speech Committee Chair, Committee Members, Ladies and Gentlemen, The economic outlook for Europe is currently quite gloomy. Russia's illegal, brutal war in Ukraine has already lasted more than eight months. The human suffering of Ukraine's people as a result of Russia's cruel invasion has been immense.