Information and the Crisis Economy

by Herbert Irving Schiller

Book Overview

In this challenging and controversial work, Herbert Schiller contends that the current proliferation of informational activities and the increasingly sophisticated information technology they demand are the result of efforts to control the economic, political, and cultural strains produced by a general crisis in the world market system. He further argues that though these efforts may succeed in the short-run, they lay the groundwork for more intense...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195205146
• ISBN13: 9780195205145
• Release Date: May 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.0"