In this podcast, the Mercatus Center’s Bruce Yandle and Bill Beach discuss Yandle’s September 2016 quarterly report. Dr. Yandle reports second quarter growth has decreased to 1.1%, which followed the first quarter’s 0.8%, giving an average of less than 1.0% for the year’s first half. Yandle explains how these numbers are captured through workforce participation and productivity and why these measurements matter. In addition, the two economists engage in a discussion the effects of regulation, geographic differences, and policy.