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Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

by Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson

★ Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist ★ Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book Longlist

A thousand years of history and contemporary evidence make one thing clear: 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.

Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 2023
Format: Print edition
Pages: —
ISBN: 9781541702530

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Business & Economics: Economic Conditions Computers: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)Political Science: Political Economy Social Science: General (Social Science)Technology & Engineering: History (Technology)

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