In advanced economies, where plenty of sectors have both the money and the will to invest in automation, growth in productivity (measured by value added per employee or hours worked) has been low for at least 15 years. And, in the years since the 2008 global financial crisis, these countries’ overall economic growth has been meager, too – just 4% or less on average.
在发达经济体，大量行业有资金也愿意投资于自动化，但生产率增长（用每员工或每工时所产生的增加值衡量）已经至少低迷了15年。此外，自2008年全球金融危机以来，这些国家的总体经济增长也十分疲软——平均不超过4%。