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Race against the machine : how the digital revolution is accelerating innovation, driving productivity, and irreversibly transforming employment and the economy / Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee.

By:

Brynjolfsson, Erik [author.]

Contributor(s):

McAfee, Andrew [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Lexington, Mass. : Digital Frontier Press, 2012Description: 92 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0984725113
9780984725113

Other title:

How the digital revolution is accelerating innovation, driving productivity, and irreversibly transforming employment and the economy

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.483 23

LOC classification:

HC79.I55 B79 2012

Contents:

Technology's influence on employment and the economy -- Humanity and technology on the second half of the chessboard -- Creative destruction: the economics of accelerating technology and disappearing jobs -- What is to be done? Prescriptions and recommendations -- Conclusion: The digital frontier.

Summary: Examines how information technologies are affecting jobs, skills, wages, and the economy. As one of the most important forces in the economy today, digital technologies are transforming the world of work and are key drivers of productivity and growth.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-92).

Examines how information technologies are affecting jobs, skills, wages, and the economy. As one of the most important forces in the economy today, digital technologies are transforming the world of work and are key drivers of productivity and growth.

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