Book review of Acemoglu, Daron and Johnson, Simon: Power and progress: our thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity

dc.contributor.author	Jahangir, Junaid
dc.date.accessioned	2024-09-24T15:46:15Z
dc.date.available	2024-09-24T15:46:15Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description.abstract	Daron Acemoglu has been among noted economists to study the economics of automation. His latest book has received attention from prominent economists and academics such as Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Angus Deaton, Joel Mokyr, and Michael Sandel, amongst others. The purpose of this review is to summarize his main thesis and situate it in the milieu of popular books on automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and synthetic biology including Susskind (2020) and Suleyman/Bhaskar (2023).
dc.identifier.citation	Jahangir, J. (2024). Book review of Acemoglu, Daron and Johnson, Simon: Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity: New York, 2023 (560 pages, Public Affairs, hardcover, ISBN-13: 978-1541702530). European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 21(2), 360-362. https://doi.org/10.4337/ejeep.2024.0132
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.4337/ejeep.2024.0132
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/3725
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights	Attribution (CC BY)
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	automation
dc.subject	artificial intelligence
dc.subject	synthetic biology
dc.subject	economics
dc.title	Book review of Acemoglu, Daron and Johnson, Simon: Power and progress: our thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity	en
dc.type	Review

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