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Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth CenturyBook

by Brad DeLong, 2022

Who uses, recommends or left Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Martin Wolf
Chief economics commentator at the Financial Times and author of The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism.
loved

It's a history of the last 150 years. There is lots in it that I absolutely love. It's very American. It's not American-focused, but it's a book an American would write. That's really important because America has made the world we live in. People in Europe and Britain don't want to accept that, but that's the reality. I mean that in every respect: culturally, economically, technologically, and so forth. The Industrial Revolution in Britain was incredibly important but since the late 19th century, everything has been dominated by America.

Five Books interview on the world economy

2023-05-16·fivebooks.com ↗

Jason Furman
Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard and former Chairman of the US Council of Economic Advisers.
recommended

Slouching Towards Utopia is a rich, nuanced story of the interplay of politics, economics, and ideas and how they shaped progress.

Five Books interview on the best economics books of 2022

2022-12-10·fivebooks.com ↗

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