出版社: Basic Books
副标题: The Economic History of the Twentieth Century
出版年: 2022-9-6
简介:
From one of the world’s leading economists, a grand narrative of the century that made us richer than ever, yet left us unsatisfied
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.
Economist Brad DeLong's Slouching Towards Utopia tells the story of how this unprecedented explosionof material wealthoccurred,how it transformed the globe, andwhyitfailed to deliver us to utopia.Of remarkable breadth and ambition,itreveals the last century to have been lessa march of progressthana slouchin the right direction.
来自世界领先的经济学家之一,一个世纪的宏大叙事,使我们比以往任何时候都更富有,但让我们不满意
在1870年之前,人类生活在赤贫之中,缓慢的发明爬行被不断增长的人口所抵消。然后发生了巨大的转变:发明向前冲刺,我们的技术能力每代翻一番,一次又一次地彻底改变经济。我们的祖先会认为我们会利用这种力量来建造乌托邦。但事实并非如此。当 1870-2010 年结束时,世界反而看到了全球变暖;经济萧条、不确定性和不平等;以及广泛拒绝现状。
经济学家布拉德·德隆(Brad DeLong)的《懒洋洋地走向乌托邦》(Slouching Towards Utopia)讲述了这种前所未有的物质财富爆炸如何发生,它如何改变了地球,以及为什么它未能将我们带到乌托邦。它具有非凡的广度和雄心壮志,揭示了上个世纪与其说是进步的步伐,不如说是朝着正确的方向懒散前进。