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Current social and economic problems as experienced in the UK are placed in the context of long-term trends in labour economics and the impact of new technology. The reasons why technological unemployment has not hitherto been a growing problem are stated and the relationship between technical change and economic recovery is analysed. Policy implications are suggested and the part which universities can play in recovery is discussed.
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[Note by Editor. We are privileged to be allowed to publish an address given by the Director of the British Technical Change Centre to the Scottish Development Agency in March 1983. Sir Bruce Williams was formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney.]
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Williams, B. Technology policy and employment. High Educ 12, 431–442 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158246
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158246