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ERIC Number: EJ533352
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1191-162X
The Ignorance of the Knowledge-Based Economy. The Iconoclast.
McMurtry, John
Canadian Social Studies, v30 n4 p167-70,177 Sum 1996
Castigates the supposed "knowledge-based economy" as simply a public relations smokescreen covering up the free market exploitation of people and resources serving corporate interests. Discusses the many ways that private industry, often with government collusion, has controlled or denied dissemination of information to serve its own interests. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Computer Attitudes, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Corporate Support, Criticism, Economic Change, Free Enterprise System, Higher Education, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Systems, Information Utilization, Knowledge Representation, Quality of Life, Science and Society, Social Change, Technological Advancement
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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