000			01576nam a22001937a 4500
005			20260119162934.0
020			_a9781399804479
082			_a338.064 ACE
100			_aAcemoglu, Daron .
245			_aPower and Progress: _bOur Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity.
260			_aLondon, _bJohn Murray Press, _c@2024.
300			_axiv, 546p. ; _bill.
500			_aIncludes: Index and
504			_aBibliography
520			_aThroughout 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. 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			_aPersonal Development.
700			_aSimon Johnson
942			_cBK
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