How technology can increase productivity: The half mile long train

Great report from the BBC on the effect of automating tasks. The last sentence says the job is reduced from 12 years to 2


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31010111#

Unit 1: Workers leaving Saudi Arabia: Decreasing potential output

Nice story from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22903455#

Unit 2: How to increase the Aggregate Supply/Potential output of a country

A typical answer would be to have a supply side policy to improve the skills of the workforce.

This worrying clip from the BBC suggests the skills required by a lot of workers are fairly basic

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17229792

and

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17224600

a)How would increasing the numeracy skills of a country's workforce increase the potential output /AS of a country?