Pursuing the Knowledge Economy - A Sympathetic History of High-Skill, High-Wage Hubris

Nick O'Donovan tells the story of how the techno-optimism once associated with the rise of the knowledge economy came to be supplanted by widespread anxiety about technological progress, and how the political consensus that formed around a knowledge-driven growth agenda has unravelled.

Info autore

Nick O'Donovan is a Senior Lecturer in the Future Economies Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University. With a background in public policy, he has worked on questions of taxation, public financial management, economic development and decentralization for organizations including the European Commission and the UK Labour Party, as well as in the context of developing countries and emerging economies.

Riassunto

Nick O’Donovan tells the story of how the techno-optimism once associated with the rise of the knowledge economy came to be supplanted by widespread anxiety about technological progress, and how the political consensus that formed around a knowledge-driven growth agenda has unravelled.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dr Nick (Manchester Metropolitan University) O'Donovan, Dr. Nick (Manchester Metropolitan University) O'Donovan, Nick O'Donovan, Nick (Manchester Metropolitan University) O'Donovan
• Editore: Agenda Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781788215152
• ISBN: 978-1-78821-515-2
• Pagine: 232
• Dimensioni: 233 mm x 155 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 364 g
• Serie: Building Progressive Alternatives
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche