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the new economy

 
 
noun [S] ECONOMICS

Definition

activities based on knowledge and information, rather than traditional industries such as manufacturing: Software and electronic equipment have been the drivers of the new economy. → Compare the old economy
(Definition of the new economy noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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