Brynjolfsson, Erik,

The second machine age : work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant technologies / Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee. - New edition. - New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016. - 320 pages ; 21 cm

Previous edition: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In recent years, computers have learned to diagnose diseases, drive cars, write clean prose and win game shows. Advances like these have created unprecedented economic bounty but in their wake median income has stagnated and employment levels have fallen. Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee reveal the technological forces driving this reinvention of the economy and chart a path towards future prosperity.

9780393350647 (pbk.) : £10.99


Information technology--Economic aspects.
Economic development--Technological innovations.
Progress--Social aspects.
Social stratification.
Media Studies.

HC79.I55 / B796 2016

303.483 BRY