articleQuantitative FinanceAug 11, 2014Closed access

The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

Santa Clara University

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Abstract

Over 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution bent the curve of human development by almost 90°. The authors refer to this period of dramatic technological progress as the ‘first machine age’. Now ...

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Keywords
  • Prosperity
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Economics
  • Work (physics)
  • Technological revolution
  • Technological change
  • Economic geography
  • Engineering
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Decent work and economic growth
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