Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
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"Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" is a historical and economic analysis that examines how technological advances have shaped inequality, political power, and shared prosperity over the past millennium.
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Target entity: Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity Context triple: [Daron Acemoglu, authorOf, Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity]
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Illusions of Progress
Illusions of Progress is a political and social critique by Georges Sorel that challenges optimistic beliefs in linear social advancement and rational reform.
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The Future of Ideas
The Future of Ideas is a book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that examines how excessive intellectual property regulation threatens innovation, creativity, and the openness of the digital commons.
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C.
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius is a narrative history book by Sylvia Nasar that traces the development of modern economic thought through the lives and ideas of influential economists.
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D.
The World’s Progress
The World’s Progress is a comprehensive reference work compiled by American publisher George Palmer Putnam that surveys major events, discoveries, and developments throughout world history.
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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity Target entity description: "Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity" is a historical and economic analysis that examines how technological advances have shaped inequality, political power, and shared prosperity over the past millennium.
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A.
Illusions of Progress
Illusions of Progress is a political and social critique by Georges Sorel that challenges optimistic beliefs in linear social advancement and rational reform.
-
B.
The Future of Ideas
The Future of Ideas is a book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that examines how excessive intellectual property regulation threatens innovation, creativity, and the openness of the digital commons.
-
C.
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius is a narrative history book by Sylvia Nasar that traces the development of modern economic thought through the lives and ideas of influential economists.
-
D.
The World’s Progress
The World’s Progress is a comprehensive reference work compiled by American publisher George Palmer Putnam that surveys major events, discoveries, and developments throughout world history.
-
E.
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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economics book ⓘ history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
institutions and power structures shape who benefits from new technologies
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societies can redirect technology toward more inclusive outcomes ⓘ technological progress does not automatically lead to broad-based prosperity ⓘ |
| author |
Daron Acemoglu
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Simon Johnson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
economic policies that prioritize automation over worker empowerment
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techno-optimism that assumes automatic social benefits from innovation ⓘ |
| examines |
20th-century mass production and automation
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Industrial Revolution technologies ⓘ digital technologies and artificial intelligence ⓘ medieval agricultural innovations ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
distributional consequences of innovation
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political struggles over the gains from technology ⓘ relationship between technological change and inequality ⓘ |
| genre |
economic history
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history of technology ⓘ political economy ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781541702530 ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
academics in economics and political science
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general readers interested in economics and history ⓘ policymakers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
economic inequality
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political power ⓘ shared prosperity ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
linking AI policy debates to historical patterns of technological change
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long-run historical perspective on technology and inequality ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| proposes | policy reforms to steer AI and digital technologies toward shared prosperity ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2023 ⓘ |
| publisher | PublicAffairs ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Power and Progress (short title)
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Why Nations Fail ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Power and Progress ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | last thousand years ⓘ |
| title | Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity ⓘ |
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