Gans, Joshua
Innovation + Equality
- ISBN 13:
- 9780262539562
- author:
- Gans, Joshua
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- MIT Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 192
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 centimeters (0.37 kg
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Politics, Public Policy,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Innovation + Equality: How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator by Joshua Gans and Andrew Leigh. The rapid technological advances of recent years have brought about significant benefits, including improved smartphones and increased wealth for innovators. However, this progress has also contributed to growing economic inequality in the United States, where the top 0.1 percent of households now hold as much wealth as the bottom ninety percent. Economist Joshua Gans and policy maker Andrew Leigh argue that pursuing innovation does not have to come at the cost of equality. Gans and Leigh outline ways to promote both entrepreneurship and egalitarianism, suggesting policies that embrace uncertainty and protect people from unfavorable outcomes. By encouraging innovation in a responsible manner, we can create a future that is more like the optimistic techno-utopia depicted in Star Trek than the dark dystopia of The Terminator.
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