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7) Microelectronics and society: for better or for worse : a report to the Club of Rome

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Pergamon international library of science technology engineering and social studies

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1982

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English

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1 of 1	CMU Main Books 3rd Floor	TK7874 .M4795 1982

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1982

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Pergamon Press

xii, 353 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.

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Monograph of essays speculating on possible social implications of microelectronics (automation)-based technological change - examines historical trends, discusses the possible impact of computerization, telematics, microcomputer and industrial robot use, etc., on employment opportunities, management, developing country labour intensive industries, social participation, international relations, wars, etc., and includes employment policy and educational...

8) Has globalization gone too far?

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Rodrik, Dani

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Online Access with DDA GOBI Pick and Choose

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1997

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English

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1 of 1	CMU Main Books 3rd Floor	HF1418.5 .R643 1997

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Institute for International Economics

xi, 108 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Globalization is exposing social fissures between those with the education, skills, and mobility to flourish in an unfettered world market-the apparent "winners"-and those without. These apparent "losers" are increasingly anxious about their standards of living and their precarious place in an integrated world economy. The result is severe tension between the market and broad sectors of society, with governments caught in the middle.Compounding the...

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