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52 Pekka Himanen and Manuel Castells6.005.004.003.002.001.000.005.745.935.07Finland US Advancedeconomies3.83Rest of theworldFigure 2.2Economic competitiveness measured by the World EconomicForum Growth Competitiveness Index, 2002long period, been the world leader. Figure 2.3 shows the development of laborproductivity in manufacturing in the United States and Finland; the productivitylevel in Finland has recently even exceeded that of the United States.However, these two technologically and economically dynamic modelshave led to very different social outcomes. While the US and Finland come topin all the usual comparisons of information economies (being innovativeproducers of technology), Finland also comes top in a comparison of social1201008060402001980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001FinlandUSFigure 2.3Labor productivity in manufacturing based on the OECD STANdatabase (US 2001 = 100)