Technology in the Global Economy Today: A New Stage in World History? Tony Smith
Tuesday, 30 Oct 2007 at 6:30 pm – Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall
Tony Smith is Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Iowa State University and author or editor of six books, including Technology and Capital in the Age of Lean Production: A Marxian Critique of the "New Economy". His teaching and research interests include the philosophy of technology, ethical theory, and the philosophy of economics. Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series.Cosponsored By:
- College of Engineering
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Deere & Company
- Rockwell Collins
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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