Power and Progress: (Record no. 11450)
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| fixed length control field | 01576nam a22001937a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781399804479 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 338.064 ACE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Acemoglu, Daron . |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Power and Progress: |
| Sub Title | Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London, |
| Name of publisher | John Murray Press, |
| Year of publication | @2024. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 546p. ; |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes: Index and |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Bibliography |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Throughout history, technological change — whether it takes the form of agricultural improvements in the Middle Ages, the Industrial Revolution, or today’s artificial intelligence — has been viewed as a main driver of prosperity, working in the public interest. The reality, though, is that technology is shaped by what powerful people want and believe, generating riches, social respect, cultural prominence, and further political voice for those already powerful. For most of the rest of us, there is the illusion of progress.<br/><br/>Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson debunk modern techno-optimism through a dazzling, original account of how technological choices have changed the course of history. From vivid stories of how the economic surplus of the Middle Ages was appropriated by an ecclesiastical elite to build cathedrals while the peasants starved, to the making of vast fortunes from digital technologies today as millions are pushed towards poverty, we see how the path of technology is determined and who influences its trajectory. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Personal Development. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Simon Johnson |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam | UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam | Personal Development | 01/19/2026 | 29040.44 | 338.064 ACE | UR010744 | 01/19/2026 | Book |