Information technology: a new era?

# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- understand the relationship between technological change and industrial revolutions
- appreciate the pervasive effect that new technologies can have on the economy and, in particular, on productivity
- understand how industry dynamics can be analysed using the ‘industrial life cycle’ model
- use data and historical examples to support economic arguments.

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