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

Economics & Beyond with Rob Johnson by Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)

May 16, 202354:04News & Politics

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 gover...

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