Brad DeLong
Also known as J. Bradford DeLong, James Bradford DeLong
Berkeley economic historian, author of Slouching Towards Utopia; writes Grasping Reality.
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- Brad DeLong is an American economic historian at the University of California, Berkeley, which he joined in 1993; his newsletter calls him professor emeritus, while Wikipedia still lists him as a professor.
- From 1993 to 1995 he was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the US Treasury under Bill Clinton.
- His 2022 book Slouching Towards Utopia is an economic history of the long twentieth century.
- He has blogged from the 1990s and now writes the newsletter Grasping Reality.
Key facts
- Born
- 24 June 1960, Boston, Massachusetts1
- Studied
- BA in social studies, Harvard, 1982; PhD in economics, Harvard, 19871
- UC Berkeley
- Joined as associate professor in 1993, full professor in 1997; his newsletter now calls him professor emeritus2
- US Treasury
- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, April 1993 to May 19951
- Slouching Towards Utopia
- 2022, an economic history of the twentieth century; a New York Times bestseller2
- After Piketty
- Co-edited the 2017 essay collection with Heather Boushey and Marshall Steinbaum1
- Newsletter
- Grasping Reality, on Substack2
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