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020			_a9781399804462
082			_a303.483 ACE
100			_aAcemoglu, Daron _94394
245			_aPower and progress: our thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity
260			_aLondon _bBasic Books _c2023
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520			_aThroughout history, technological change - whether in 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.
600			_aTechnology Sector _94395
650			_aTechnology - Economic aspects _94396
650			_aScience and Technology _94397
650			_aProgress _94398
700			_aJohnson, Simon _94399
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