Charles Jonscher
Information resources and economic productivity
paper analyzes role information resources development united states economy especially determination productivity levels analysis based formal economic model interrelationship two sectors information sector comprising labor capital used process handle information production sector processes handles material goods purposes model explain past growth information sector workforce identify productivity trends sector determine implications trends future economic performance analysis shows historically rate efficiency improvement information handling essentially whitecollar work much slower production work however pattern changing rapidly chiefly result introduction new data processing communication storage technologies model shows expected future level investment information technologies sufficient reverse mid 1980s slowdown economic growth currently afflicting industrialized countries