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Daron Acemoğlu: Who pays the price for technological progress?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the renowned economist Daron Acemoğlu who has been assessing the impact of dramatic technological advances on economic wellbeing. From the steam engine to artificial intelligence, we welcome ‘progress’, but does it entrench inequality and exploitation?

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