Poder e progresso

Simon Johnson

ISBN 10: 9896447772 / ISBN 13: 9789896447779

Published by Temas e Debates, 2024

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: En 'Poder e progresso', Simon Johnson explora la compleja relación entre el desarrollo tecnológico y el bienestar social. El autor analiza cómo las decisiones sobre la dirección de la innovación pueden moldear el futuro de la economía y la equidad, ofreciendo una perspectiva crítica sobre el impacto de las nuevas tecnologías en la sociedad contemporánea. EAN: 9789896447779 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Negocios y Economía Título: Poder e progresso Autor: Simon Johnson Editorial: Temas e Debates Idioma: pt-PT Formato: Tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poder e progresso
• Publisher: Temas e Debates
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: Portuguese
• ISBN 10: 9896447772
• ISBN 13: 9789896447779
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Two bestselling authors 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.