The wealth of humans work and its absence in the twenty-first century / Ryan Avent.
The wealth of humans work and its absence in the twenty-first century / Ryan Avent.
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[London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2016.
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G 2016/3935
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English
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viii, 276 pages ; 25 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
The digital revolution and the abundance of labour. The general-purpose technology ; Managing the labour glut ; In search of a better sponge -- Dynamics of the digital economy. The virtues of scarcity ; The firm as an information-processing organism ; Social capital in the twenty-first century -- Th...
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[London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2016.
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England
Date Published
2016.
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"None of us has ever lived through a genuine industrial revolution. Until now. Digital technology is transforming every corner of the economy, fundamentally altering the way things are done, who does them, and what they earn for their efforts. In The Wealth of Humans, Economist editor Ryan Avent brings up-to-the-minute research and reporting to bea...
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The wealth of humans work and its absence in the twenty-first century / Ryan Avent.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/3935
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74VKVq0bJLab
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0241201039 hardback
9780241201039 hardback
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338.064
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991024010720302626