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J. Bradford DeLong is an American economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Known for: Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century
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Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century
This book offers a sweeping economic history of the twentieth century, exploring how technological progress, globalization, and political choices shaped prosperity and inequality. DeLong examines the forces that drove unprecedented growth from 1870 to 2010, while also analyzing the failures and crises that prevented humanity from achieving true utopia.
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The Long Nineteenth Century
Before 1870, the foundations of the modern economy had already been laid. The industrial revolution in Britain had demonstrated what sustained technological progress could do. But the diffusion of that progress across Europe, North America, and eventually the world required institutions, ideas, and ...
From Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century
The Great Acceleration (1870–1914)
Between 1870 and 1914, the world witnessed a surge in creativity and connection unparalleled in any earlier era. Electricity, the internal combustion engine, chemical industries, the telephone — these were not incremental improvements but breakthroughs that reshaped how people lived and worked. I de...
From Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century
About J. Bradford DeLong
J. Bradford DeLong is an American economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury during the Clinton administration and is known for his work on macroeconomic history, growth, and policy analysis.
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