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Simon Johnson: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity

Simon Johnson: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity

Update: 2023-05-16
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Simon Johnson, the co-author of the just-released book Power and Progress (co-authored with Daron Acemoglu), discusses the book, what new technologies hold in store for us, and how societies might better manage and govern them.

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Simon Johnson: Our Thousand-Year Struggle over Technology and Prosperity

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