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Aug 24, 2021 · A crucial part of understanding how technology has created global change and, in turn, how global changes have influenced the development of new technologies is understanding the technologies themselves in all their richness and complexity—how they work, the limits of what they can do, what they were designed to do, how they are actually used.
Oct 19, 2023 · Other studies have found a “tipping point” in capitalism caused by digital technology: knowledge is spread so widely that capitalism loses its effectiveness as an economic approach and a new collaborative social order emerges, or increased unemployment caused by digitally driven automation could mark a crisis for capitalism through a strong negative effect on consumption by individuals.
Sep 23, 2022 · This article does not challenge the potential of technologies to reduce climate-changing emissions, but questions assertions that capitalism is the right economic and social model solely to achieve the radical shifts required to deliver a carbon-neutral global economy.
Jul 10, 2021 · A second topic is technological change and democratic politics. Globalization fosters rapid technological change, and recently this change has been high skill-biased. This has contributed to rising inequality and insecurity. Many scholars and political leaders are now focused on how further automation and AI will affect politics.
Mar 5, 2014 · This chapter explores the interaction between technological innovation and the global spread of capitalism from 1848 to 2005. It then examines the interaction of technological innovation, the global spread of capitalism, and the varied ability of nations to "catch up" with the technological and economic leaders in the world economy during this period of more than 150 years.
- Kristine Bruland, David C. Mowery
- 2014
Dec 20, 2023 · Thinking about the impact of technological change on the broader global economy and on the future of capitalism is important for the argument of this book. How we think about and understand the global economy and capitalism, and our expectations for the future that are based on those understandings, affect what policies we choose and how we advocate for them.
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Jun 22, 2020 · The discussions center on five challenges: (a) dealing with diffuse – and ever more global – environmental risks; (b) achieving radical and not just incremental sustainable technological change; (c) green capitalism and the uncertain business-as-usual scenario; (d) the role of the state and designing appropriate policy mixes; and (e) dealing with distributional concerns and impacts.
