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 communi...
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.
DARON ACEMOGLU is Institute Professor of Economics at MIT, the university's highest faculty honor. For the last twenty-five years, he has been researching the historical origins of prosperity, poverty, and the effects of new technologies on economic growth, employment, and inequality. Acemoglu is the recipient of several awards and honors, including the John Bates Clark Medal, ...
DARON ACEMOGLU is Institute Professor of Economics at MIT, the university's highest faculty honor. For the last twenty-five years, he has been researching the historical origins of prosperity, poverty, and the effects of new technologies on economic growth, employment, and inequality. Acemoglu is the recipient of several awards and honors, including the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded to economists under forty judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge (2005); the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in economics, finance, and management for his lifetime contributions (2016), and the Kiel Institute's Global Economy Prize in economics (2019). He is author (with James Robinson) of The Narrow Corridor and the New York Times bestseller Why Nations Fail.
SIMON JOHNSON is the Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Sloan School at MIT, where he is also head of the Global Economics and Management group. Previously chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, he has worked on global economic crises and recoveries for thirty years. Johnson has published more than 300 high-impact pieces in leading publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and Financial Times. He is author (with Jon Gruber) of Jump-Starting America, and (with James Kwak) of White House Burning and the national bestseller 13 Bankers. He works with entrepreneurs, elected officials, and civil society organizations around the world.
(Power and Progress:Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity)一书由美国的公共事务出版公司(Public Affairs)2023年5月16日出版。作者为德隆·阿西莫格鲁(Daron Acemoglu)和西蒙·约翰逊(Simon Johnson),德隆·阿西莫格鲁是麻省理工学院经济学教...
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0 有用 炕上尼采 2025-03-21 14:49:26 黑龙江
讲的是科技与经济发展的关系,在历史上科技如何促进社会公平又如何加大了贫富差距
0 有用 爱你的三水君 2024-08-07 09:41:43 江苏
批判了技术的另一面,权力者与技术进步的博弈
0 有用 隔壁大熊 2024-10-22 23:05:02 北京
不愧是诺奖得主,简单问题可以分析得如此深入且清晰
0 有用 ℘ 2025-05-14 09:23:28 北京
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9 有用 日落西山 2024-02-27 23:02:36 北京
这是一本非常不错的书,给技术发展和经济影响加上了历史维度的观察和思考,感叹,我国的尝试还是远好于世界上任何一个国家的:英国的圈地运动、美国的棉花工业、前苏联的集体化新政…技术引起的失业和利益分配失衡以及权力失衡,是现代计算机技术、ai带来的一大副作用,作为行业的从业者确实享受到了一些红利,但全社会的来看,确实也引起了很多的问题,作者使用丰富的历史视角、经济视角、社会视角对这个问题进行了深入的剖析,... 这是一本非常不错的书,给技术发展和经济影响加上了历史维度的观察和思考,感叹,我国的尝试还是远好于世界上任何一个国家的:英国的圈地运动、美国的棉花工业、前苏联的集体化新政…技术引起的失业和利益分配失衡以及权力失衡,是现代计算机技术、ai带来的一大副作用,作为行业的从业者确实享受到了一些红利,但全社会的来看,确实也引起了很多的问题,作者使用丰富的历史视角、经济视角、社会视角对这个问题进行了深入的剖析,提供了自己比较深刻的观点,也给了一些解决该问题的一些方法,确实赞叹视角的独特和分析的深刻。未来会怎样发展,暂时还无从知道,但带着坐着的观点看,确实会有不一样的理解。比较震撼的是愿景和技术的关系:技术依赖于愿景,而愿景植根于社会权力,这在很大程度上是为了让公众和决策者相信一条特定的技术道路的优点。 (展开)