Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The great stagnation. A brief history of preindustrial progress; Preindustrial prosperity; Why mechanization failed
  • Part II. The great divergence. The factory arrives; The Industrial Revolution and its discontents
  • Part III. The great leveling. From mass production to mass flourishing; The return of the machinery question; The triumph of the middle class
  • Part IV. The great reversal. The descent of the middle class; Forging ahead, drifting apart; The politics of polarization
  • Part V. The future. Artificial intelligence; The road to riches.