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Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity Audiobook, by Simon Johnson Play Audiobook Sample

Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity Audiobook

Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity Audiobook, by Simon Johnson Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Malcolm Hillgartner Publisher: PublicAffairs Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 10.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 7.88 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: May 2023 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781668626405

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

24

Longest Chapter Length:

71:26 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

14 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

39:37 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

4

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Publisher Description

The bestselling co-author of Why Nations Fail and the bestselling co-author of 13 Bankers deliver a bold reinterpretation of economics and history that will fundamentally change how you see the world

 

A 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.

 

The wealth generated by technological improvements in agriculture during the European Middle Ages was captured by the nobility and used to build grand cathedrals while peasants remained on the edge of starvation. The first hundred years of industrialization in England delivered stagnant incomes for working people. And throughout the world today, digital technologies and artificial intelligence undermine jobs and democracy through excessive automation, massive data collection, and intrusive surveillance.

 

It doesn’t have to be this way. Power and Progress demonstrates that the path of technology was once—and may again be—brought under control. The tremendous computing advances of the last half century can become empowering and democratizing tools, but not if all major decisions remain in the hands of a few hubristic tech leaders.

 

With their breakthrough economic theory and manifesto for a better society, Acemoglu and Johnson provide the vision needed to reshape how we innovate and who really gains from technological advances.

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About the Authors

Simon Johnson is the Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a senior fellow of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. A former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, he is coauthor, with James Kwak, of “The Baseline Scenario,” a leading economic blog.

About Malcolm Hillgartner

Malcolm Hillgartner is an accomplished actor, writer, and musician. Named an AudioFile Best Voice of 2013 and the recipient of several Earphones Awards, he has narrated over 250 audiobooks.