From Crystal Palaces to Silicon Valleys
Market Imperfection and the Enduring Digital Divide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20075253 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony G Wilhelm (corresponding author), Anthony Wilhelm |
| Year | 2001 |
| Pages | 199-217 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Access Denied in the Information Age (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780333985465_12 |
| OpenAlex | W2496894244 |
| ISBN | 9780333985465 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
Notwithstanding the current business expansion in the USA, it is unclear on the whole how many Americans, including racial and ethnic minorities, have benefited from the strongest economy in 30 years. While some argue that the working poor have gained from a tight labour market, the middle class is no better off than it was at the peak of the last business cycle (Bernstein et al. 1999). One of the problems is that income inequality endures and indigence remains unabated, as the bulk of wealth expansion occurs across a small segment of the population. Another complication is that despite being lauded as the democratic equalizer, new information and communication technologies (ICTs) gravitate toward the catchment of existing economic power, either bypassing or merely trickling through low-income and minority communities (Wolpert 1999). These inequalities affect both households and whole communities, the former in their ability to purchase and use high-speed internet services and the latter in their capacity to own and control media enterprises.KeywordsDigital DivideUniversal ServiceTight Labour MarketInformation Technology SectorGlobal Information SocietyThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Business · Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Population · Silicon valley · Sociology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Legal and Social Philosophy · Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2011 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |