Weightless World : Strategies for Managing the Digital Economy

by Diane Coyle

• ISBN13: 9780262531665
• ISBN10: 0262531666
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-02
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

The Weightless Worldis the first book to map an economic world that has been turned upside down by digital technology and global business. How will our careers, businesses, and governments change in a world where bytes are the only currency and where the goods that shape our lives-global financial transactions, computer code, and cyberspace commerce-literally have no weight? Addressing such problems as economic inequity and unemployment, Diane Coyle calls on individuals and governments to develop a new politics of weightlessness so that the economic benefits can be shared fairly. She proposes the creation of a radical center as the way to a new era of human creativity and economic prosperity.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Acknowledgements
The Weightless World	p. 1
Where Have All The Jobs Gone?	p. 26
Weightless Work	p. 39
Nourishing the Grass Roots	p. 63
Fear of Flexibility	p. 89
The End of Welfare	p. 122
The Ageing of Nations	p. 147
Globalism and Globaloney	p. 166
Visible and Invisible Cities	p. 192
Weightless Government	p. 212
Bibliography	p. 238
Index	p. 243
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