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.
- Lexington, Mass. : Digital Frontier Press, c2011.
- 92 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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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Information technology--Economic aspects. Labor supply--Effect of technological innovations on. Technological unemployment.