Main content
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?
Last on
Fri 22 Dec 202323:06GMT
BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
Broadcasts
- Mon 12 Jun 202307:06GMTBBC World Service
- Mon 12 Jun 202314:06GMTBBC World Service
- Mon 12 Jun 202317:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Mon 12 Jun 202321:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa & BBC Afghan Radio
- Fri 22 Dec 202308:06GMTBBC World Service
- Fri 22 Dec 202315:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Fri 22 Dec 202318:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Fri 22 Dec 202323:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
Podcast
![]()
The Interview
Conversations with people shaping our world. The best interviews from the BBC
