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We Can Do Better With a Thousand Years: On Power and Progress

When I saw that two of the country’s most prominent economists (Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson) wrote a book (Power and Progress) on “our 1000-year struggle over technology and prosperity,” I expected a lot. I was disappointed. To be clear, there is …

When I saw that two of the country’s most prominent economists (Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson) wrote a book (Power and Progress) on “our 1000-year struggle over technology and prosperity,” I expected a lot. I was disappointed. To be clear, there is much here to like and I’m sure that most readers will get much from it, More

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