The Inglorious Years: The Collapse of the Industrial Order and the Rise of Digital Society

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Inglorious Years: The Collapse of the Industrial Order and the Rise of Digital Society
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Daniel Cohen
Translated by Jane Marie Todd
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreEconomics
Economic systems and structures
Digital lifestyle
Algorithms and data structures
ISBN/Barcode 9780691222257
ClassificationsDewey:303.4833
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
NZ Release Date 26 September 2023
Publication Country United States

Description

How populism is fueled by the demise of the industrial order and the emergence of a new digital society ruled by algorithms In the revolutionary excitement of the 1960s, young people around the world called for a radical shift away from the old industrial order, imagining a future of technological liberation and unfettered prosperity. Industrial

Author Biography

Daniel Cohen is director of the Economics Department at the Ecole Normale Superieure and founding member of the Paris School of Economics. His books include The Infinite Desire for Growth (Princeton), Globalization and Its Enemies, and The Prosperity of Vice: A Worried View of Economics. He lives in Paris.

Reviews

"A welcome addition to the growing literature on the digital economy and change." * Choice *