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Power and progress : our thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity / Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781541702530
- ISBN: 1541702530
- Physical Description: vii, 546 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-516) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | What is progress? -- Control over technology -- Canal vision -- Power to persuade -- Cultivating misery -- A middling sort of revolution -- Casualties of progress -- The contested path -- Digital damage -- Artificial struggle -- Democracy breaks -- Redirecting technology. |
| Summary, etc.: | "Two bestselling authors overturn conventional wisdom about how economies work, revealing the untold story of who wins and who loses the rewards of prosperity, in a work that fundamentally transforms how we look at and understand the world"-- Provided by publisher. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Technology > Social aspects. Technology > Economic aspects. Progress. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
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Table of Contents
Power and Progress : Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Prologue: What Is Progress? | 1 | |
| 1 | Control over Technology | 9 |
| 2 | Canal Vision | 39 |
| 3 | Power to Persuade | 67 |
| 4 | Cultivating Misery | 99 |
| 5 | A Middling Sort of Revolution | 141 |
| 6 | Casualties of Progress | 175 |
| 7 | The Contested Path | 213 |
| 8 | Digital Damage | 253 |
| 9 | Artificial Struggle | 297 |
| 10 | Democracy Breaks | 339 |
| 11 | Redirecting Technology | 383 |
| Bibliographic Essay | 423 | |
| References | 475 | |
| Acknowledgments | 517 | |
| Image Credits | 519 | |
| Index | 521 |
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