The Invisible Backbone: Intersections of Class, Race and Gender in a Global Information Economy

<p dir="ltr">With the growth of information technology, there has been an impact upon the way in which both society and its members work. This has, for many, heralded the beginning of a new age (Lyon, 1988). Some theorists argue that contemporary society has developed into a ‘knowledge’ or ‘information’ economy, which has seen the rise in high skilled, professional, meaningful work and the decline of low skilled work due to the need for a competitive advantage in a global economy (Grint and Nixon, 2015). However, in this critical reflection I will argue that the information economy is a misnomer that distorts the position of women and presents a one sided image of the global economy.</p>