Chat & Chowder with Daron Acemoglu | Power and Progress

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Join WorldBoston for Chat and Chowder featuring Daron Acemoglu to discuss his new book, Power and Progress.

Foley & Lardner LLP

Join us for this installment of our popular Chat &amp; Chowder series, featuring Daron Acemoglu, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to discuss his new book, Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity.C hat &amp; Chowder programs are an excellent opportunity to engage with expert speakers and to network with other globally-oriented participants in an informal environment. Each event features a presentation, audience Q&amp;A, dedicated time for networking, and (of course!) a selection of chowders and beverages.Thanks to the generous support of <a href="https://lowellinstitute.org/about/" title="https://lowellinstitute.org/about/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Lowell Institute</a>, Chat &amp; Chowder is now free of charge for all participants (Zoom live-streams remain free as well). We sincerely appreciate The Lowell Institute’s commitment to our mission, as well as the support of our venue, Foley &amp; Lardner LLP. Please consider helping sustain this work by making a contribution <a href="https://www.worldboston.org/support-us" title="https://www.worldboston.org/support-us" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.This program will be streamed to Zoom from 6:15 to 7:15. <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GKNxtZphRBmOsycLjdvzag#/registration" title="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GKNxtZphRBmOsycLjdvzag#/registration" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">To attend virtually, please register here</a>.Advance registration is required. We cannot accommodate walk-ins for the in-person program.

Daron Acemoglu is an Institute Professor at MIT and an elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, the British Academy of Sciences, the Turkish Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, the European Economic Association, and the Society of Labor Economists. He is also a member of the Group of Thirty. He is the author of six books, including New York Times bestseller Why Nations Fail: Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (joint with James A. Robinson), Introduction to Modern Economic Growth, The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty (with James A. Robinson), and Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity (with Simon Johnson).&nbsp;His academic work covers a wide range of areas, including political economy, economic development, economic growth, technological change, inequality, labor economics and economics of networks.&nbsp;He received the inaugural T. W. Shultz Prize from the University of Chicago in 2004, and the inaugural Sherwin Rosen Award for outstanding contribution to labor economics in 2004, Distinguished Science Award from the Turkish Sciences Association in 2006, the John von Neumann Award, Rajk College, Budapest in 2007, the Carnegie Fellowship in 2017, the Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize in 2018, the Global Economy Prize in 2019, and the CME Mathematical and Statistical Research Institute prize in 2021.&nbsp;He was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 2005, the Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in 2012, and the 2016 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award.&nbsp;He holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Utrecht, the Bosporus University, University of Athens, Bilkent University, the University of Bath, Ecole Normale Superieure, Saclay Paris, and the London Business School.&nbsp;

A thousand years of history and contemporary evidence make one thing clear: progress depends on the choices we make about technology. New ways of organizing production and communication can either serve the narrow interests of an elite or become the foundation for widespread prosperity.The wealth generated by technological improvements in agriculture during the European Middle Ages was captured by the nobility and used to build grand cathedrals, while peasants remained on the edge of starvation. The first hundred years of industrialization in England delivered stagnant incomes for working people. And throughout the world today, digital technologies and artificial intelligence undermine jobs and democracy through excessive automation, massive data collection, and intrusive surveillance.It doesn’t have to be this way. Power and Progress demonstrates the path of technology was once—and may again—be brought under control. Cutting-edge technological advances can become empowering and democratizing tools, but not if all major decisions remain in the hands of a few hubristic tech leaders.With their bold reinterpretation of economics and history, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson fundamentally change how we see the world, providing the vision needed to redirect innovation so it again benefits most people.

WorldBoston's Chat &amp; Chowder series features key authors on international affairs in an engaging setting. In addition to discussion of a featured book (usually sold at a significant discount), the program offers the opportunity for discussion among members and guests - and of course a selection of chowders and beverages. This Chat &amp; Chowder will be hosted in-person (from 6:00 to 7:30PM ET) and live-streamed to Zoom (from 6:15 to 7:15 PM ET only).

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