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Economic vs. Everyday Views on Technological Change
A company replaces its manual accounting ledgers with a new software program. This change allows the same number of accountants to produce financial reports more quickly and with fewer errors. Analyze how a layperson and an economist would likely differ in their description of this 'technological' improvement. Your analysis should highlight the core distinction between the everyday and the economic definitions of the term.
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