Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson
A historical analysis of how technology and institutions interact to shape prosperity, inequality, and power across a thousand years.
About This Book
Power and Progress examines the relationship between technological change and economic outcomes across centuries.
The authors analyze how institutions and power structures influence whether technology leads to broad prosperity or concentrated gains.
Historical examples illustrate recurring patterns in the distribution of benefits from innovation.
The discussion connects past developments to present debates about automation, artificial intelligence, and inequality.
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