POWER AND PROGRESS - DARON ACEMOGLU

Libro

Editorial	PUBLICAFFAIRS
Edad	Adultos
Idioma	Inglés Internacional
Autor	ACEMOGLU DARON
ISBN	9781541702547
Peso ( kg )	0,2
Tipo	Soporte Físico
Año de edición	2024
Formato	TAPA RUSTICA
Sinopsis	POWER AND PROGRESS Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson 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. Throughout history, technological change - whether it takes 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. To achieve the true potential of innovation, we need to ensure technology is creating new jobs and opportunities rather than marginalizing most people, through automated work and political passivity. We need to use the tremendous digital advances of the last half century to create useful and empowering tools, and seize back control from a small elite of hubristic, messianic tech leaders pursuing their own interests. With their breakthrough economic theory and manifesto for building a better society, Acemoglu and Johnson provide the understanding and vision to reimagine and reshape the path of technology and create true shared prosperity. Edad recomendada: Adultos ACEMOGLU DARON Daron Acemoglu es un economista turco-estadounidense nacido el 3 de septiembre de 1967 en Estambul, Turquía. Es profesor en el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts MIT y es reconocido por sus estudios sobre economía política, desarrollo económico y desigualdad. Acemoglu ha recibido múltiples premios, incluyendo la Medalla John Bates Clark en 2005 y el Premio Nobel de Economía en 2024, junto con James A. Robinson y Simon Johnson, por sus estudios sobre el impacto de las instituciones en el desarrollo económico. Su obra más influyente es Por qué fracasan los países, donde analiza cómo las instituciones determinan el éxito o fracaso de las economías.
Cantidad de páginas	592
Fecha Ingreso	30-06-2025