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082			_a330 ECO
100			_aLamberton, D M (ed.)
245		0	_aEconomics of information and knowledge
260			_aMiddlesex
260			_bPenguin Books
260			_c1971
300			_a384 p.
520			_aThe economics of information and knowledge is rapidly emerging as a vital topic in modern society, analysing as it does the processes by which information is produced, stored, used and misused. This collection of Readings discusses these points in depth. Part One contains two surveys of ideas on the subject, while the Readings in Part Two explore the way in which information interacts with economic organization. An assessment of the efficiency of resource allocation to knowledge acquisition and utilization is provided in Part Three. Part Four contains an examination of the twofold function of documentation and transfer in information policy. Readings on the international aspects appear in Part Five. Part Six is devoted to business planning, procedures of long-range forecasting, optimization techniques and innovation. The concluding Part is a cogent piece by Shubik calling for rethinking of some of our models of political and economic man so that they suit the pattern of the uncertain decision makor acting-under severely restricted conditions of information.
650			_aEconomic
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