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The Third Industrial Revolution


Abstract: The author examines periods of rapid technological change for coincidences of widening inequality and slowing productivity growth. He contends that while the introduction of technologies offers profits to investors and premiums for skilled workers, in the long run the rising tide of technological change lifts everybody's boat.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Part of Series: Economic Review

Publication Date: 1999

Issue: Q II

Pages: 2-12