The Productivity Paradox of Small Business in the AI Era: Why the Statistics Are Going to Miss Most of What

In 1987, Robert Solow observed that the computer age was visible everywhere except in productivity statistics. The same phenomenon is now repeating with AI in the small business sector — and it suggests the public discourse, which relies heavily on macroeconomic data, is going to systematically underestimate what

By Hamid Ali · May 19, 2026 · 12 min read

Topics:

• Economics
• Strategy
• Solow Paradox
• AI
• Small Business