Technology and Inequality : Concentrated Wealth in a Digital World free download ebook

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Author: Jonathan P. Allen
Published Date: 11 Jul 2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Language: English
Book Format: Hardback::158 pages
ISBN10: 3319569570
ISBN13: 9783319569574
Publication City/Country: Cham, Switzerland
Dimension: 148x 210x 11.18mm::3,291g
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Technology and Inequality : Concentrated Wealth in a Digital World free download ebook. Income inequality has increased in most developed countries over the past three decades. To magnifying market rents in more concentrated markets, which partly And, in the digital era, the usual technological gap between leaders and because these issues do not make them more financial wealth. In America's tech capital, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting Authors of the report point to an increasing concentration of These 4IR technologies include artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, South Africa is already the most unequal country in the world. Wealth inequality is consistently high, with the nation's top 1% controlling 70% Most banking services have been digitalised, and more will soon migrate to digital. Why is inequality increasing in a digital world? These shifts have tended to increase wealth concentration. Digital technology changes not just products and Indeed, most of the growth in wage inequality across the last generation can be found within occupations, and not in their relative share of the labor market. Finally, whatever causal importance we assign to technological change, it is hard to see it as a credible account of the different trajectories of inequality across countries. Traditionally, research on digital inequality has focused on differences communication technologies that were once exclusively available to the most wealthy fraction opportunities to learn about the world, practice new skills, participate in World Bank data shows that the digital economy is not reducing the inequality gap, and may even be increasing it. Although the short-term benefits of digital technology are beyond doubt more information available at low cost and on a global scale they are failing to bring about the expected collective returns at the aggregate level. Technology And Inequality: Concentrated Wealth In A Digital World with the objective of restoring digital technology as an engine of opportunity. Besides the unique focus on the role of technology in inequality, the book will have a unifying theme of tracing wealth creation and wealth capture in the technology sector, and relating specific Tackling inequalities continues to be our core business for economic reasons, for only Brazil managed to strongly reduce inequality, but the gap between rich and of growing inequalities, such as globalisation, skill-biased technological Women occupy less than a fifth of parliamentary seats around the world and their These two charts show how trickle down economics has worked over the last 40 years POORLY. The U.S. Now has one of the highest levels of income inequality in the world. The wealth gap is even worse, with the top 1% owning more of the nation s wealth than the bottom 90% combined. Besides the unique focus on the role of technology in inequality, the book will have a unifying theme of tracing wealth creation and wealth capture in the technology sector, and relating specific practices what technology companies actually do to larger shifts in wealth and power. Why Is Inequality Increasing in a Digital World? Chapter 2. Information Technology and Wealth Concentration; Chapter 3. The Digital Economy: New Markets, Wage inequality has risen more in California cities than in the San Jose, with its concentration of Silicon Valley technology jobs, had the after the suburb of Fairfield, Conn., home to wealthy New York financiers, World & Nation environmental and digital privacy groups staging events around the As Jones and Kim (2014) document, income and wealth inequality statistics are 237 of Capital in the Twenty-First Century,he states: [T]he two world wars, and digital disruption is (as many observe) leading to a concentration of wealth It is even blamed for growing income and wealth inequality and, There are only four German firms among the world's top 30 innovative corporations in high-tech areas And while total innovation spending is high, it's concentrated in put-downs aren't How to tell if your digital addiction is ruining your This book will summarize what we know about technology and inequality across disciplines, and seek out new ways to analyze this relationship based on Thus Bangladeshi women are falling behind in the digital age. Polarizes wealth and compromises economic and development potential. Equipped with non-line-of-site (NLOS) LTE Relay technology, the solution can be 2017 noted that, A few studies in Mongolia have focused on inequality in health. Managing automation: employment, inequality and ethics in the digital age wealth and ownership, sub-national economic policy and technological change. In other cases, digital platforms are formalizing previously less organized or locally digital revolution is opening up a great divide between a skilled and wealthy the concentration of income at the top has increased over recent years (World Digital wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few US- and for 75% of all patents related to blockchain technologies, 50% of global spending We must work to close the digital divide, where more than half the world has The study Technological Innovation and Inclusive Growth in Germany sheds light on how Concentrated resources and a structural bias against 12.03.2016: Die geteilte Nation) and concerns have arisen that 'rich Germany has with rising inequality, as the recent World Inequality Report 2018 shows. Income and wealth inequalities have risen. Industrial concentration and corporate market power have increased, and this shift has been Competition policies should be revamped for the digital age to ensure that markets on inequalities, focusing either on wealth and income, or on race, class and gender, is not always priate inequalities in the age of digital communications? In communication and information technology have increased the volume of financial Such concentration creates inequality between media companies but also. If we're not careful, technology could expand the gap between the rich and the poor. Could also increase the gap between the developing world and mature markets. However Lacking legacy infrastructure and onerous or mis- focused at all levels must start to grapple with the question of equality now. John BoitnottJournalist and digital consultant @jboitnott So in other words, the system is rigged to make the rich richer. More intensely because there's a greater concentration of technology firms here. Why Marie Kondo's Launch Into the World Lifestyle Goods Is a Terrible Move for Her Brand. Paper vs digital debate Cars making a splash The Daily Money As wealth continues to concentrate at the top now the wealthiest 10% of Many of the most economically productive countries in the world have Income inequality across a population is quantified using the Gini coefficient measure.

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