Slouching Towards Utopia
Slouching Towards Utopia is a grand narrative that tells the story of the major economic and technological shifts of the twentieth century. In Slouching Towards Utopia, leading economist Brad DeLong charts the story of how this unprecedented explosion of material wealth occurred, how it transformed the globe, and why it failed to deliver us to utopia.
BOOK REVIEWS
"A magisterial history…asks the right questions and teaches us a lot of crucial history along the way."
"I’ve been waiting for Brad [DeLong]’s big economic history opus for a long time now."
―Ezra Klein
"Slouching Towards Utopia is an impressive achievement, written with wit and style and a formidable command of detail."
"DeLong explores the slice of history he has chosen – the ‘long twentieth century’ from 1870 to 2010 – in depth, and he often writes with verve combined with thought-provoking detail."
―The Daily Telegraph
"One of the most ambitious and admirable economic history books of the year...DeLong is a guide whose conclusions I cannot fault."
―Strategy + Business
"An unmissable book … The strength of the book—as well as its immense scope and depth … is that it’s a work of political economy, braiding the different strands of ideas, Hayek, Polanyi and Keynes … Definitely one to read."
―Diane Coyle