International Economics, Computer Business & Culture, Economic Conditions, Economics & Politics, International Business, Economics, Diplomacy & International Relations, Technology Industries
Net Loss
Nathan Newman
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Overview
How has the Internet been changing our lives, and how did these changes come about? Nathan Newman seeks the answers to these questions by studying the emergence of the Internet economy in Silicon Valley and the ensuing transformation of power relations. Net Loss explains why technological innovation and growth have been accompanied by increasing economic inequality and a sense of political powerlessness among many. More optimistically, Newman sees an emerging countertrend of global use of the Internet by grassroots organizations, such as those in the antiglobalization movements, that may help to transcend this local powerlessness.Editorials
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Newman, a union lawyer, political activist, and frequent contributor to Technology Review, Progressive Populist, and American Prospect, offers a thinly disguised rewrite of his groundbreaking 1998 doctoral dissertation. On the surface, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the federal government's long-obscured role in the development of the Internet and the changing role of regions in the U.S. economy. At its heart, it is a call for individuals, groups, and communities to organize and counter the various political, social, and economic costs that have resulted, including globalization, contingent employment, economic polarization, expanded regulation, inequality, joblessness, outsourcing, opportunism, privatization, wage stagnation, and the disempowerment of communities and local government. Along the way, Newman provides a well-written history of the Internet plus an analysis of key events, including the federal government's decision to withdraw from controlling the net, the passage of Proposition 13 in California, the breakup of AT&T, the 1999 battle in Seattle during the World Trade Organization conference, and the 2001 energy crisis in California. Recommended for both academic libraries and larger public libraries. Norm Hutcherson, California State Univ. Lib., Bakersfield Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.From the Publisher
“Makes a provocative case for business civic-mindedness.”
—John T. Landry, Harvard Business Review
Book Details
Published
August 31, 2002
Publisher
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2002.
Pages
416
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780271022055