TY - BOOK AU - Majumder, Sreenath AU - Sengupta, Anuradha TI - Political economy of digital automation T2 - Routledge studies in the economics of innovation SN - 9780367441937 U1 - 303.4834 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Automation-Economic aspects KW - Consumption (Economics) KW - Economic development-Technological innovations N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - With digital automation becoming ubiquitous, the relationship between man and machine is being redefined. This book, through a focus on America, identifies the tension this relationship has produced, and how it has divided America socially, politically, and economically, ultimately breeding two fundamentally incompatible nations within one: the “forgotten America” and “elite America.” This book enables the reader to visualize the changes brought by automation on our producer and buyer identities, and suggests policy changes that global leaders could adopt to deal with the increasing discord. The book is heavily dependent on a few fundamental concepts of both economics and sociology, such as globalization, labor economics, and cultural homogenization ER -