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The Ezra Klein Show
The book was highlighted as a newly released, widely reviewed work that offers a sweeping economic history of the long twentieth century, emphasizing 1870 as a pivotal turning point. Adam Tooze urged listeners to check it out in two episodes, and Ezra Klein recommended it as essential for understanding how the world changed. The hosts presented it as a must‑read for anyone interested in economic history.
Episode: Best Of: How the Fed Is ‘Shaking the Entire System...
He urged listeners to check out Slouching Towards Utopia, noting its recent publication and wide reviews.
you should check out Brad DeLonge's Slouching Towards Utopia, which came out recently and has been very widely reviewed.
Episode: Best Of: How the Fed Is ‘Shaking the Entire System...
He recommended checking out Slouching Towards Utopia, noting it had recently been released and widely reviewed.
you should check out Brad DeLonge's Slouching Towards Utopia, which came out recently and has been very widely reviewed.
Episode: The Inflation Story Has Changed Dramatically. Paul...
Klein recommended the book as a history of the long twentieth century, emphasizing its explanation of 1870 as a pivotal year.
first off, Brad DeLong, my friend and economist and historian, has this wonderful book called Slouching Towards Utopia, which is a history of what he calls the long 20th century. And if you just want to understand how the world changed from... He says that 1870 was the pivot point of history. You've got to read that book.
Episode: Inflation Does More Than Raise Prices. It Destroys...
DeLong described his new book as an ambitious, strange account of economic growth from 1870 to 2010 that left listeners with many unexpected insights.
He is the author of a big important new book called Slouching Towards Utopia.
And this book is about the wave of economic growth that transformed the world from 1870 to 2010. I have a lot to say about this book. It is ambitious, and it is strange, and it will leave you with lots of interesting thoughts and stories you didn't know you want to know.
Episode: There’s Been a ‘Regime Change’ in How Democrats Th...
He described it as a broadbased history of economic growth throughout the 20th century and said it was really, really good.
Brad DeLong's book called Slouching Toward Utopia, which is a kind of a broad-based history of economic growth over the course of the long 20th century, is really, really good.
Episode: How the Fed Is ‘Shaking the Entire System’
The guest suggested listeners check out the book for its recent release and wide review, encouraging them to form their own opinion.
you should check out Brad DeLong's Slouching Towards Utopia, which came out recently and has been very widely reviewed and make up your own mind.
Episode: I Keep Hoping Larry Summers Is Wrong. What if He’s...
Summers praised DeLong's book as a remarkable economic history that places the 20th century in perspective and highlights the power of science and markets.
Brad DeLong's Slouching Towards Utopia, which is I think a really remarkable and powerful placing of all of economic history in perspective that gives a sense that at some level I have known but never appreciated of how profoundly different the 20th century was than all other centuries and points towards the combined power of science and markets to change the world profoundly in sometimes in some ways for good and sometimes in some ways for ill.
