| Sumario: | Part of a special issue on the relationship between computers and employment. Computer technology is changing the form, nature, and future course of the American economy. It is increasing the flow of products, creating completely new products and services, altering the way companies respond to demand, launching an information highway that is leading to the globalization of product and financial markets, and changing the relationship between labor and organization. The writer examines some of the rapid changes that have taken place in computer technology over the years, discussing the effects of these changes in semiconductor and computer manufacturing, banking, computer services and engineering, the home market, and defense.
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