Marietje Schaake, Daron Acemoglu, and Simon Johnson for PS Book Recommendations

Your weekly reading inspiration, provided by PS contributors. The PS Book Recommendations newsletter. [View this message in a web browser.]( [PS Book Recommendations]( Welcome to PS Book Recommendations, your weekly source of reading inspiration, provided by PS contributors. This week’s edition features Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, who were just awarded (with James A. Robinson) the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, and Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center and International Policy Fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. [Immigration Realities:]( [Challenging Common Misperceptions]( By Ernesto Castañeda and Carina Cione “This book cuts through the deluge of immigration misinformation," and is "both compassionate and unapologetic.” – Austin Kocher, Syracuse University Sponsored by Columbia University Press By a PS Contributor and Progress:]( [Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity]( By Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson The authors say: "Power and Progress provides the thousand-year backstory for ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence. We have been struggling with the consequences of automation at least since watermills and windmills spread across medieval Europe. Contrary to today’s conventional wisdom, new technology does not necessarily bring shared prosperity. Countervailing powers are always needed to press for higher wages and better working (and living) conditions. With highly capable AI coming at us unbelievably fast, Power and Progress offers a way to understand the technology’s likely impact – and how we can steer progress onto a more positive and inclusive path." [Read more about the book](. Also, in a new PS Big Picture, Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson highlight critical dimensions and applications of their Nobel Prize-winning research. [Read now](. Marietje Schaake Recommends... [Autocracy, Inc.:]( [The Dictators Who Want to Run the World]( By Anne Applebaum Schaake says: "This book sheds light on modern authoritarianism, underpinned by 'kleptocratic' financial structures, advanced surveillance technologies, and highly skilled propagandists. It shows how authoritarian forces today are being given far too much space, including from democratic governments, and offers a stark reminder of how fragile democracy is, especially if we are not willing to defend it." "Companies must no longer be allowed to overpromise and underdeliver with impunity, not least because the costs of the damage their technologies cause are often borne by the public." Don’t miss our new PS Say More interview with Schaake on our tech overlords, antitrust, data protection, and more. [Read now](. [PS. Save 40% on any new Digital or Digital Plus subscription]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter does not entitle the recipient to re-publish any of the content it contains. Secure exclusive rights to PS content [here](. Interested in advertising opportunities? Email sponsorship@project-syndicate.org. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.