ECON 240 - Economics and Technology

Institution:

Bucknell University

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Description:

This course examines the causes and consequences of technological change on the economy, both in sweeping historical terms and in the specific context of some new technologies, with particular emphasis on the great theoreticians of economics and technology, on the path-dependent nature of technological change, and on some of the technological issues - both microeconomic and macroeconomic - that confront us as we enter the next century.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bucknell.edu

Phone Number:

(570) 577-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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