Slouching Towards Utopia: Paschal Donohoe on an exceptional economic history of the 20th century

The world's technological capability has multiplied, but benefits to society are lessened by inadequacies of states confronted by the might of a global economy. File photograph: PA Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century Author : J Bradford DeLong ISBN-13 : 978-1399803410 Publisher : Basic Books Guideline Price : £30 A lengthy economic history of the global economy is not the most likely of books to help with the unwinding and recovery that is needed after delivering a budget. I resisted more relaxing temptations for Slouching Towards Utopia by the American economist James Bradford DeLong. I am…