Output Gains Lag, As Do Wages
Washington — Leroy and Lauri Dixon used to plow $40,000 a year into promoting their party-supply business in a dozen telephone books. Today they spend $4,000 less and reach a lot more people by advertising on Google, Yahoo and Bing. Also gone are the house calls to potential customers; the Dixons and their staff of 15 at Party Plus Tents & Events now get leads through Facebook, Instagram and other social media. Technology has...
