What is the value of technology? Toward a labour theory of technology change

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Barzey, Anthony (2008) What is the value of technology? Toward a labour theory of technology change. International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, 4 (2). pp. 197-204. ISSN 1832-3669

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Abstract

Economic analysis of technology treats it as given exogenously, while determined endogenously. This paper examines the conceptual conflict. The paper outlines an alternative conceptual framework. This uses a 'General Vertical Division of Labour' into conceptual and executive parts to facilitate a coherent political economic explanation of technological change. The paper suggests that we may acquire rather than impose an understanding of technological change. It also suggests that we may re-define and reassess the efficiency of technological change, through the values inculcated into it.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	technological change, innovation, vertical division of labour
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business > Department of International Business & Economics
Related URLs:	Publisher Publisher Organisation
Last Modified:	11 Feb 2020 13:29
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/2335

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