Information technology: a new era?

Introduction

This unit takes one aspect of the debate concerning the new economy – innovation in the form of the introduction of information and communication technologies – and places it in the historical context of industrial revolutions. Is the new economy really new or ‘just another’ industrial revolution?

This unit is an adapted extract from the course Economics and economic change (DD202) [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .