{"product_id":"slouching-towards-utopia","title":"Slouching Towards Utopia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eWALL STREET JOURNAL \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEAR AND \u003ci\u003eTHE ECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of the world''s leading economists, a sweeping new history of the twentieth century - a century that left us vastly richer, yet still profoundly dissatisfied.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore 1870, most people lived in dire poverty, the benefits of the slow crawl of invention continually offset by a growing population. Then came a great shift: invention sprinted forward, doubling our technological capabilities each generation, and creatively destroying the economy again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the major economic and technological shifts of the 20th century in a bold and ambitious, grand narrative. In vivid and compelling detail, DeLong charts the unprecedented explosion of material wealth after 1870 which transformed living standards around the world, freeing humanity from centuries of poverty, but paradoxically has left us now with unprecedented inequality, global warming, and widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did the long twentieth century fail to deliver the utopia our ancestors believed would be the inevitable result of such material wellbeing?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did humanity end up less on a march to progress than a slouch in the right direction?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd what can we learn from the past in pursuit of a better world?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312589283710,"sku":"NW9781399803434","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781399803434.jpg?v=1778508883","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/slouching-towards-utopia","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}