Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

A sweeping economic history examining how technological progress doesn't automatically benefit everyone. The MIT economists argue that innovation's gains are shaped by power dynamics and social choices, not inevitable market forces. Drawing on a millennium of examples from medieval agriculture to AI, they challenge techno-optimism and advocate for redirecting innovation toward shared prosperity. Scholarly yet accessible, it's a critical analysis of who wins and loses from technological change.