SLOUCHING TOWARDS UTOPIA: AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Author: Brad de Long

ISBN: 978-1399803427

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Book Overview

From one of the world's leading economists, a grand narrative of the century that made us richer than ever, yet left us unsatisfied. Before 1870, humanity lived in dire poverty, with a slow crawl of invention offset by a growing population. Then came a great shift: invention sprinted forward, doubling our technological capabilities each generation and utterly transforming the economy again and again. Our ancestors would have presumed we would use such powers to build utopia, but it was not so. When 1870-2010 ended, the world instead saw global warming, economic depression, uncertainty, inequality, and broad rejection of the status quo. Slouching Towards Utopia tells the sweeping story of how this unprecedented explosion?of material wealth?occurred,?how it transformed the globe, and?why?it?failed to deliver us to utopia.?Of remarkable breadth and ambition,?it?reveals how the last century was much less?a march of progress?than?a slouch?in the right direction.

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About the Author

J. Bradford DeLong is a professor of economics at UC Berkeley and was a research associate at the NBER, 1990-2018. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury, 1993-1995. Throughout his career and in his blog Grasping for Reality he has tried to straddle the fields of economics, history, and public education. Previous books include The End of Influence (Basic US, 2010) and Concrete Economics (Harvard Business School, 2016).

Why Readers Pick This Edition

• You’ll love this if you want the big picture behind the modern world you live in. Written by a leading economist, this book takes you through the dramatic rise in global wealth since 1870 and asks the uncomfortable question: why didn’t prosperity make us happy or equal? You get clear storytelling, sharp insights, and a sober look at growth, inequality, and climate that will change how you see progress, policy, and the promises of economics itself.
• Published by Basic Books.
• Language: English.
• Page count: 624.

Catalog Description

From one of the world's leading economists, a grand narrative of the century that made us richer than ever, yet left us unsatisfied. Before 1870, humanity lived in dire poverty, with a slow crawl of invention offset by a growing population. Then came a great shift: invention sprinted forward, doubling our technological capabilities each generation and utterly transforming the economy again and again. Our ancestors would have presumed we would use such powers to build utopia, but it was not so. When 1870-2010 ended, the world instead saw global warming, economic depression, uncertainty, inequality, and broad rejection of the status quo. Slouching Towards Utopia tells the sweeping story of...

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