Technology policy and employment
โ Scribed by Bruce Williams
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 560 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-1560
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โฆ Synopsis
Current social and economic problems as experienced in the UK are placed in the context of long-term trends in labour economics and the impact of new technology. The reasons why technological unemployment has not hitherto been a growing problem are stated and the relationship between technical change and economic recovery is analysed. Policy implications are suggested and the part which universities can play in recovery is discussed.
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