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E-Artikel
Titel:
Heavy Constraints on a “Weightless World”? : Resources and the New Economy
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Resources and the New Economy
Beteiligte:
Perraton, Jonathan
Erschienen:
Wiley, 2006
Erschienen in:The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1111/j.1536-7150.2006.00468.x
ISSN:
1536-7150;
0002-9246
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<jats:p><jats:bold>A<jats:sc>bstract</jats:sc>. </jats:bold>Late 1990s claims of a shift toward a new economy in the United States and other developed economies were said to accelerate earlier trends reducing the material content of production. The shift toward a postindustrial services economy is said to have been accentuated by application of new information and communications technologies, dramatically reducing the material content of production. This offers the possibility for continuous economic expansion unconstrained by resources supply. This paper provides a critical analysis of these trends in relation to resource use by developed economies. It shows that trends toward a lower material content of production are occurring, and this has led to poor demand conditions for primary producers. Nevertheless, these trends fall well short of eliminating Western economies’ dependence on key resources. This paper shows the changing role of resources in economic activity among developed economies.</jats:p>