In the past , manipulating gold prices to artificially low levels was beneficial because it prevented capital flight into a nonproductive asset like gold and kept production , investment , and consumption high ( even if it was malinvestment and unfunded consumption ) .
Deepwater horizon was the least efficient of the rigs working for bp in the gulf : a bp chart showed at least 44 % of its rig days were nonproductive , a much higher figure than any other vessel .
About producing the new knowledge of labor and nonproductive labor .
关于生产劳动与非生产劳动的新认识。
About producing labor and nonproductive labor problem .
关于生产劳动和非生产劳动问题。
This suggests a huge portion of the credit stimulus has been wasted on nonproductive investments , which in turn has implications for how much of that lending would ever be repaid .