J. Bradford DeLong

J. Bradford DeLong is an American economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury. Slouching Towards Utopia is an ambitious economic history of the twentieth century, tracing the extraordinary transformations in wealth, technology, and living standards from 1870 to 2010. DeLong's audiobooks and books are praised for their intellectual scope, lively prose, and their ability to make economic history accessible and compelling.