The capital, labor, and power in the age of automation Frey, Carl Benedikt. creator text bibliography nju Princeton Princeton University Press 2020 monographic eng

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xiv, 465 p. : ill. Introduction -- A brief history of preindustrial progress -- Preindustrial prosperity -- Why mechanization failed -- The factory arrives -- The Industrial Revolution and its discontents -- From mass production to mass flourishing -- The return of the machinery question -- The triumph of the middle class -- The descent of the middle class -- Forging ahead, drifting apart -- The politics of polarization -- Artificial intelligence -- The road to riches. Carl Benedikt Frey. Reprint. Originally published: 2019 Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-452) and index. Technological innovations Economic aspects Technology Social aspects Great Britain History 19th century Technology Social aspects History 21st century HC79.T4 F725 2020 9780691210797 0691210799 TULIB 210111 on1230107290 eng