Economics 364 - SEM: ECONOMICS OF FUTURE TECH

Fall
2014
01
4.00
James Miller
T 01:00-02:50
Smith College
20395-F14
HATFLD 107
jdmiller@smith.edu
Brain implants, embryo selection, self-driving cars, nanotechnology, robot nurses, virtual teachers, cognitive enhancing drugs and artificial general intelligences are among the technologies that might have a large impact on our economy over the next few decades. This seminar uses the tools of microeconomics to explore the potential effects of these and other possible technologies and to explain how economic incentives shape the types of technologies businesses develop. Prerequisite: ECO 250.
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