The World War II military build up starting in 1942 after the declarations of war. Continuing until wars end. The 2nd most productive would have to be immediately following the war through the 1950′s.

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The last fifty years have been an unbelievably productive period. Compare the number of capital items, (automobiles, tv’s, refigerators, etc.) owned per person in the US today with any other time in history. Yes, we’ve outsourced a lot of our manufacturing base in the last ten years, but eventually that will come back as wages and living standards increase overseas and the profit margin shrinks in response. What we’ve got to do is make sure we don’t slip behind in the intellectual competition.

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DAMN RIGHT….

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late 1950′s to mid 1960′s because of all the technology development and creativity spawned by the “Cold War” and the “Journey to the Moon”

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We are probably producing more right now than any time before, but that’s deceiving. We now outsource engineering, skilled labor, unskilled labor, manufacturing and etc. We claim that as our output in statistics. Actually we are fast becomming a third world country. We sell all of our raw materials to other countries and buy back all of the mediocre products manufactured with slave labor. We have put thousands of Americans out of work. Our colledge grads work at fast food joints and dollar stores unless they are well connected. We have compounded that problem by letting illegal immigrants (criminals) come here and devour the fruits of our labor. They have free hospitalization, social security, schooling and etc. The President supports this! China has been buying up American debt from all the other countries in the world. I venture to say that they own more of America than we do. On top of that our oliarchy government is to busy making deals with their controlling bodies (lobbyists and other special interests around the world) to listen to Americans.

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this is the period of our highest GNP and greatest productivity per worker, so this is the time. As computer technology expands so will we.

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I’d have to say the most productive era in American history, had to be the early industrialization age. Folks back then got things done. When they needed a road from A to B, they built it. Where I live US Route 7 has been on hold since the 1970′s. Land was bought, houses condenmed, roadway & bridges built, then it stopped. For 15 years, then another few miles were built, then 10 more years of nothing.

When the major power lines that connect regions were built, they were installed for a few $/mile. Today ISO New England proposes nearly $1 Billion for 100 miles. That’s $10 Million/mile for power lines, towers & wire, mostly empty space, not even roads!

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The most productive in reguards to quality of life was probably after world war 2. I feel that we now have reached a point that we choose not to be a world leader in manfacturing. I feel that if we would again use our inovation and imagination (as we did during the war years) to develope more new products and services we could improve our quality of life for all.This is a time of constant change and if we choose not to we will become a third world country over time.

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