The rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in information, computing, and communications, is having a profound effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently directed the National Economic Council, in consultation with executive branch agencies, to analyze the economic implications of the Internet and electronic commerce domestically and internationally, and to consider new types of data collection and research that could be undertaken by public and private organizations.This book contains work presented at a conference held by executive branch agencies in May 1999 at the Department of Commerce.

电子商务的快速发展，以及信息、计算和通信的变化，正在对美国经济产生深远的影响。克林顿总统最近指示国家经济委员会与行政部门机构协商，分析互联网和电子商务在国内外的经济影响，并考虑新的数据收集和研究可以由公共和私人组织承担。这本书包含在1999年5月由行政部门机构在商务部举行的会议上提交的工作。