Information, social relations and the economics of high technology

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Information, social relations and the economics of high technology

Michael Perelman

Macmillan, 1991

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-235) and index

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Description

A discussion of capitalism, penny capitalism and proto-capitalism. The book also considers the discovery, evolution and theories of the firm and examines this concept in the concept of class conflict. The book considers markets as an impediment to economic progress and discusses topics such as marginal costs, corporatism nad public goods. Finally the book examines the increasing use of computer software in the production of information.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction - three vignettes of markets
  • the evolution of markets
  • the firm, conflict and the labour process
  • the firm in the context of class conflict
  • markets as an impedimentto economic progress
  • information, computer software and the evolution of relations of production.

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