TY - BOOK AU - Frey,Carl Benedikt TI - The technology trap: capital, labor, and power in the age of automation SN - 9780691210797 AV - HC79.T4 F725 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Technological innovations KW - Economic aspects KW - Technology KW - Social aspects KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 21st century N1 - Reprint. Originally published: 2019; Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-452) and index; 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 ER -