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knowledge economy

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noun

  1. an economy in which information services are dominant as an area of growth

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Ads for information technology workers, finance, sales and other “knowledge economy” jobs fueled the economy, and advertising moved online with the launch of CareerBuilder, HotJobs, Monster and others.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Those people were disproportionately 'knowledge economy' professionals — i.e. Democrats."

From Salon

IN FEBRUARY, I wrote about an alternative to sitting in a cubicle in what’s called the knowledge economy.

From Seattle Times

When ChatGPT was released, about a year ago, public focus shifted to the knowledge economy jobs that artificial intelligence could transform, from law to copy writing.

From New York Times

China will invest $36 billion in Algeria across sectors including manufacturing, new technology, the knowledge economy, transport, and agriculture, local media quoted Tebboune as saying this week.

From Reuters