Every book Adam Davidson recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Adam Davidson

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   Power and Progress

   Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson · Discussed · 1 episode

   Power and Progress by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson is a sweeping economic history examining a thousand-year struggle over technology, prosperity, and the unequal distribution of gains between elites and the broader workforce.

   Discussed

   “Johnson co-wrote a book, 'Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle of Technology and Prosperity,' with another MIT economist, Daron Acemoglu. The question that they address in that book is a big one: why are some countries and some people rich while others are poor?”

   Freakonomics Radio 555. New Technologies Always Scare Us. Is A.I. Any Different? 2023-08-31 Listen at 21:25

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