{"product_id":"slouching-towards-utopia-j-bradford-delong-9780465019595","title":"Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller from one of the world's leading economists, offering a grand narrative of the century that made us richer than ever, but left us unsatisfied \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A magisterial history.\"--​Paul Krugman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Named a Best Book of 2022 by \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e * \u003ci\u003eEconomist \u003c\/i\u003e* \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 have used such powers to build utopia. But it was not so. When 1870-2010 ended, the world instead saw global warming; economic depression, uncertainty, and inequality; and broad rejection of the status quo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Economist Brad DeLong's \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e tells 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. Of remarkable breadth and ambition, it reveals the last century to have been less a march of progress than a slouch in the right direction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Bradford DeLong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465019595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465019595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 2.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/09\/2022 pg. 1","brand":"J. Bradford DeLong","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994847609087,"sku":"9780465019595","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f47a7cdc-1b10-43c7-8b5e-3e5c8b67aabb.jpg?v=1683332525","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slouching-towards-utopia-j-bradford-delong-9780465019595","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}