Owning the Future

Shulman, Seth

ISBN 10: 0395841755 / ISBN 13: 9780395841754

Published by HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1999

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Owning the Future

Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Printing

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Synopsis:

Documents the struggle for dominance over imperceptible new advantages--genes, software, databases, and technological information--that comprise the livelihood of the new economy and ultimately effect jobs, schools, literature, and prices and availability of products.

Synopsis:

Argues that the efforts of high-tech industries to gain ownership of certain types of knowledge endanger the free exchange of information that is essential to preserve economic prosperity and a democratic society.