Accelerating The Globalization Of America: The Next Wave Of Information Technology
by Catherine L. Mann /
2006 / English / PDF
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Information technology (IT) was key to the superior overall
macroeconomic performance of the United States in the 1990s high
productivity, high growth, low inflation, and low unemployment. But
IT also played a role in increasing earnings dispersion in the
labor market greatly rewarding workers with high education and
skills. This US performance did not happen in a global vacuum.
Globalization of US IT firms promoted deeper integration of IT
throughout the US economy, which in turn promoted more extensive
globalization in other sectors of the US economy and labor market.
How will the increasingly globalized IT industry affect US
long-term growth, intermediate macro performance, and disparities
in the US labor market? What policies are needed to ensure that the
United States remains first in innovation, business transformation,
and education and skills, which are prerequisites for US economic
leadership in the 21st century? This book traces the globalization
of the IT industry, its diffusion into the US economy, and the
prospects and implications of more extensive technology-enabled
globalization of products and services.
Information technology (IT) was key to the superior overall
macroeconomic performance of the United States in the 1990s high
productivity, high growth, low inflation, and low unemployment. But
IT also played a role in increasing earnings dispersion in the
labor market greatly rewarding workers with high education and
skills. This US performance did not happen in a global vacuum.
Globalization of US IT firms promoted deeper integration of IT
throughout the US economy, which in turn promoted more extensive
globalization in other sectors of the US economy and labor market.
How will the increasingly globalized IT industry affect US
long-term growth, intermediate macro performance, and disparities
in the US labor market? What policies are needed to ensure that the
United States remains first in innovation, business transformation,
and education and skills, which are prerequisites for US economic
leadership in the 21st century? This book traces the globalization
of the IT industry, its diffusion into the US economy, and the
prospects and implications of more extensive technology-enabled
globalization of products and services.
