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050		4	_aHC79 .T4 _bF74 2019
100	1		_aFrey, Carl Benedikt
245	1	4	_aThe technology trap : _bcapital, labor, and power in the age of automation / _cCarl Benedikt Frey.
264		1	_aPrinceton, New Jersey : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2019]
264		4	_c©2019.
300			_axiv, 465 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (page 373-452) and index.
505	0	0	_tIntroduction -- _gPart I. The _tGreat Stagnation -- _gA _tBrief History of Preindustrial Progress -- _tPreindustrial Prosperity -- _tWhy Mechanization Failed -- _gPart II. The _tGreat Divergence -- _gThe _tFactory Arrives -- _gThe _tIndustrial Revolution and Its Discontents -- _gPart III. The _tGreat Leveling -- _tFrom Mass Production to Mass Flourishing -- _gThe _tReturn of the Machinery Question -- _gThe _tTriumph of the Middle Class -- _gPart IV. The _tGreat Reversal -- _gThe _tDescent of the Middle Class -- _tForging Ahead, Drifting Apart -- _gThe _tPolitics of Polarization -- _gPart V. The _tFuture -- _tArtificial Intelligence -- _gThe _tRoad to Riches.
520			_a"From the Industrial Revolution to the age of artificial intelligence, The Technology Trap takes a sweeping look at the history of technological progress and how it has radically shifted the distribution of economic and political power among society's members. As Carl Benedikt Frey shows, the Industrial Revolution created unprecedented wealth and prosperity over the long run, but the immediate consequences of mechanization were devastating for large swaths of the population. Middle-income jobs withered, wages stagnated, the labor share of income fell, profits surged, and economic inequality skyrocketed. These trends, Frey documents, broadly mirror those in our current age of automation, which began with the Computer Revolution. Just as the Industrial Revolution eventually brought about extraordinary benefits for society, artificial intelligence systems have the potential to do the same. But Frey argues that this depends on how the short term is managed. In the nineteenth century, workers violently expressed their concerns over machines taking their jobs. The Luddite uprisings joined a long wave of machinery riots that swept across Europe and China. Today's despairing middle class has not resorted to physical force, but their frustration has led to rising populism and the increasing fragmentation of society. As middle-class jobs continue to come under pressure, there's no assurance that positive attitudes to technology will persist. The Industrial Revolution was a defining moment in history, but few grasped its enormous consequences at the time. The Technology Trap demonstrates that in the midst of another technological revolution, the lessons of the past can help us to more effectively face the present."--Book jacket.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aTechnology _xSocial aspects _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aTechnology _xSocial aspects _xHistory _y21st century.
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