Economic Transformation of United States, 1950 - 2000: Focusing on the Technological Revolution, the Service Sector Expansion, and the Cultural, Ideol

Neuausgabe 2004
ISBN: 978-1-55753-343-2
Verlag: PURDUE UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 520 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1021 g

This book provides a detailed analysis of U.S. economic transformation in the last 50 years, including the principal drivers for economic growth, U.S. demographic transformation, and the changing sector structure of the U.S. economy. Economic Transformation of the United States, 1950-2000, provides contemporary and historical contexts to illustrate how technological innovation and the changing American ideology play a role in the process of U.S. economic transformation. It describes the services sector in which one set of service industries is indentified as ""wealth providers"" and another set as ""job providers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kozmetsky, George

Yue, Piyu

Über Autor(innen)

George Kozmetsky was an eductor and entrepreneur, and held the Murray S. Johnson Chair in Economics. His accomplishments included leadership at Litton's Computer and Control Division and co-founding Teledyne, Inc. Dr. Kozmetsky passed away on April 30, 2003. Piyu Yue began working as a research assistant to Kozmetsky while pursuing a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Texas. She is currently researching the new stage of American capitalism, the changing structure of the global economy and the underlying forces driving the surge of globalization.