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18. The State of the World

Glaudia Califano1   and David Spinks1
(1)
Milton Keynes, UK
 

The Industrial Revolution had a tremendous impact on the world. One invention led to another. Capitalism and Frederick Taylor’s scientific management theory emerged to organize our financial, labor, and production techniques. These techniques have become embedded into our cultures over the last couple of centuries. Times are changing though, and a new revolution is taking place. We are now in the information age and the old tools that worked so well since the Industrial Revolution ...

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