Recommendations from our site
“A new book by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, Power and Progress, both economists who like to look at the lessons of history and the bigger picture (this book starts with a discussion of Jeremy Bentham and his panopticon). Power and Progress is above all a call to action. As the authors write, ‘Today’s ‘progress’ is again enriching a small group of entrepreneurs and investors, whereas most people are disempowered and benefit little…Confronting the prevailing vision and wresting the direction of technology away from the control of a narrow elite may even be more difficult today than it was in nineteenth-century Britain and America. But it is no less essential.'” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction of Early Summer 2023
Sophie Roell, Journalist
