Journal of Economic Literature
Frey, Carl Benedikt. How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations
2026-08-31
David Robinson of Duke University and NBER reviews “How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations” by Carl Benedikt Frey. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the dynamic interaction between technological change and economic progress, highlighting the fragility of progress by means of a historical analysis of autocracies and liberal democracies alike.”