Power and Progress Power and Progress

Power and Progress

Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity Winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics

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WINNERS OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE FOR ECONOMICS

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE
A FINANCIAL TIMES TECHNOLOGY BOOK OF THE YEAR


UPDATED WITH A NEW PREFACE

'The blueprint we need for the challenges ahead' Shoshana Zuboff

'If you are not already an addict of Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson's previous books, Power and Progress is guaranteed to make you one' Jared Diamond

'A breathtaking tour of the history and future of technology' Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo


A bold new interpretation of why technology benefits the elites - and how we must reshape the path of innovation to create true shared prosperity.

A thousand years of history make one thing clear: progress is not automatic but depends on the choices we make. Much of the wealth generated by agricultural advances during the Middle Ages was captured by the Church while the peasants starved. The first hundred years of industrialization delivered stagnant incomes for workers, while making a few people rich. Throughout the world today, digital technologies and artificial intelligence increase inequality and undermine democracy. 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. With their breakthrough economic theory and manifesto for a better society, Acemoglu and Johnson provide the vision to reshape how we innovate so we can create real prosperity for all.

Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on 14 October 2024.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2023
18 May
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
560
Pages
PUBLISHER
John Murray Press
SIZE
11.3
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