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020 _a978-1541702530
082 _a303.483ACE
100 _aAcemoglu, Daron.
245 0 _aPower and progress
_bour thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity
260 _aNew York
_bPublic Affairs
_c2023
300 _avii, 546p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 475-516) and index.
520 _aA 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.
650 _aTechnology--Social aspects.
999 _c10969
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