Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century

by J. Bradford DeLong

Book Overview

An instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from one of the world's leading economists: this "magisterial history" offers a grand narrative of the century that made us richer than ever, but left us unsatisfied (Paul Krugman)

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541604245
• ISBN13: 9781541604247
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"