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Power and progress : our thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity / Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson.
By: Acemoglu, Daron [author.]
.Publisher: London : Basic Books, 2023Description: vii, 546 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781399804455.Subject(s): Technological innovations -- Social aspects | Technological innovations -- Economic aspects | Technological innovations -- Government policy | Economics -- Sociological aspectsDDC classification: 338.064 Summary: The first hundred years of industrialization in England delivered stagnant incomes for workers, while making a few people very rich. And throughout the world today, digital technologies and artificial intelligence increase inequality and undermine democracy through excessive automation, massive data collection and intrusive surveillance. It doesn't have to be this way. 'Power and Progress' demonstrates that the path of technology was once - and can again be - brought under control.Summary: Two bestselling authors deliver a bold new interpretation of economics, history and our relationship to technology which will transform how you see the world forever.
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The first hundred years of industrialization in England delivered stagnant incomes for workers, while making a few people very rich. And throughout the world today, digital technologies and artificial intelligence increase inequality and undermine democracy through excessive automation, massive data collection and intrusive surveillance. It doesn't have to be this way. 'Power and Progress' demonstrates that the path of technology was once - and can again be - brought under control.
Two bestselling authors deliver a bold new interpretation of economics, history and our relationship to technology which will transform how you see the world forever.
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