J. Bradford DeLong, Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the author of Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century (Basic Books, 2022). He was Deputy Assistant US Treasury Secretary during the Clinton Administration, where he was heavily involved in budget and trade negotiations. His role in designing the bailout of Mexico during the 1994 peso crisis placed him at the forefront of Latin America’s transformation into a region of open economies, and cemented his stature as a leading voice in economic-policy debates.
Sep 28, 2023 J. Bradford DeLong worries that Republicans have abandoned one of the core principles that sustains a democracy over time.
Aug 1, 2023 J. Bradford DeLong notes that the long-term mathematical attractiveness of stocks belies the risk of ruin.
Jun 5, 2023 J. Bradford DeLong recalls how the country overcame a previous era of extreme income and wealth inequality.
Apr 27, 2023 J. Bradford DeLong pours cold water on a recent Economist essay that reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of US history.
Mar 6, 2023 J. Bradford DeLong warns that an emerging new mode of human organization will cater to our worst impulses.
From semiconductors to electric vehicles, governments are identifying the strategic industries of the future and intervening to support them – abandoning decades of neoliberal orthodoxy in the process. Are industrial policies the key to tackling twenty-first-century economic challenges or a recipe for market distortions and lower efficiency?
