Economic Impact of Tech Understated, Study Says

narramissic writes "A report (available here) released this week by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a pro-technology think tank, claims that IT was responsible for nearly all of the US worker productivity growth between 1995 and 2002. But the creation of new jobs in IT will be modest, the study says. At a forum in Washington, D.C., the report's co-author and ITIF president Robert Atkinson warned lawmakers that there will be a 'significant cost to the economy if you hinder digital transformation' and called on the government to spur IT adoption in several industries, including health care, banking and transportation." The article also quotes an economist who is skeptical that this report's outsized claims for productivity gains have been proven.

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"a pro-technology think tank, claims that IT was responsible for nearly all of the US worker productivity growth between 1995 and 2002" This changed in 2003 when IT employees found a way to circumvent "Appropriate Workplace Internet Usage" restrictions.