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Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Daron Acemoglu is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A bold reinterpretation of economics and history revealing why technology does not inevitably lead to shared prosperity, and how we must redirect innovation in the age of AI to benefit all. A thousand years of history and contemporary evidence make it clear that progress depends on the choices we make about technology. New ways of organizing production and communication can either serve the narrow interests of an elite or become the foundation for widespread prosperity. At no point has this been truer than the crossroads we face today. The transformation of work by digital technologies and AI could make life better for most people, or possibly much worse--depending on the economic, social, and political choices we make. Through powerful, illuminating examples, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson fundamentally change how we see the world. The wealth generated by technological improvements in agriculture during the European Middle Ages was captured by the nobility and used to build grand cathedrals, while peasants remained on the edge of starvation. The first hundred years of industrialization in England delivered stagnant incomes for working people. The era of the 1950s through the 197

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Author

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, Daron Acemoglu

Publisher

Public Affairs

Published

2024

Language

EN

ISBN

9781541702547

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Politics, Social_sciences