Attention Deficit : Unintended Consequences of Digital Connectivity

Digital technology has enabled connectivity on an unimagined scale. Human beings are social animals and economic activity promotes this socialization. Market transactions are based on optimism about the future, faith that the world is good and trust that growth is organic or coming from within the system. Individuals therefore invest in the future by having children, by extending credit and accepting risk, and by building connections with others in the sincere expectation of this connectivity being reciprocated.

Weaving together the latest research on economics, psychology, andneuroscience, this book fills a void for readers wanting a smart, clear analysis of communications markets and the commercialization of Internet-inspired connectivity.

Swati Bhatt, who received her Ph.D. from Princeton in 1986, has been on Princeton’s Economics faculty since 1992, where she has taught courses on The Economics of the Internet, Microeconomics, Industrial Organization and Finance and has been Director of Student Programs at the Bendheim Center for Finance. Her research interests include the Economics of Digitization, Industrial Organization with a focus on the Technology Industry, and Finance. Her book How Digital Communication Technology Shapes Markets was published in January 2017 by Palgrave Macmillan. Bhatt also worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1985-1990) and taught at New York University’s Stern School of Business (1990-92).