A bigger part of this increased productivity comes from the extraordinary technological revolutions in computers and communications that have led to dramatic increases in the usefulness - and decreases in the cost - of high-tech capital. The boost to wealth provided by the "new economy" is exceeding even its most avid boosters' wildest dreams.
劳动生产率的较大部分增长来自于计算机和通信技术的革命-这使得高科技资本的有效性大幅增加，而其成本则大幅降低。"新经济"对财富增长的驱动力让其最热忱的推动者也难以想象。出人意料的是新的财富并没有流向dot-com公司的股东，而是流向高科技资本的购买者和使用者，以及他们所服务的消费者。