The output an economy gets from a given stock of labor and capital. A rise in it is growth that added labor and capital do not explain. Chapter 1.
From The AI Compute Race. Read the book
Where the book uses it
- Chapter 1 — The Stakes
What the race is for: the belief that a lead in AI can compound into a lasting advantage, how long such leads have actually lasted, and what a trillion dollars a year is being bet against.
Related terms
From the glossary of The AI Compute Race.
How to cite this page
Dryburgh, Lee S. “Total factor productivity.” In The AI Compute Race. DRYBURGH. https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/total-factor-productivity (accessed 2026-11-01).
BibTeX
@misc{dryburgh-total-factor-productivity-2026,
author = {Dryburgh, Lee S.},
title = {{Total factor productivity}},
howpublished = {In \emph{The AI Compute Race}, DRYBURGH},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/total-factor-productivity},
note = {Accessed 2026-11-01}
}