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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: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington, Mass. : Digital Frontier Press, c2011.Description: 92 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780984725113
  • 0984725113
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC79.155 BRY 2011
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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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuni Faculty of Tourism, Hospitality and Management Studies Library HC 79.155 BRY 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 028733 Available MzuLM-028733

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-92)

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.

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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