Brad Delong

Brad Delong

Brad Delong

Economic historian and UC Berkeley professor

Economic historian whose analysis of capitalism, technology, and inequality shapes contemporary economic debate.

Professors & Academics

Brad DeLong is a professor of economics at UC Berkeley and former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He is best known for his work examining the history of economic growth, technological change, and the factors that have driven prosperity and inequality across centuries.

28 Books Recommended by Brad Delong

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#1

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14 people recommended

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Also recommended by: Richard Branson, Winston Churchill, Anna Akana, Christopher Hitchens, Diane Rehm, Emma Watson, J Cole, Jenn Im, Jordan Peterson, Matt Mullenweg, Noam Chomsky, Sahil Lavingia, Tristan Harris

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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

by Thomas S. Kuhn

6 people recommended

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Also recommended by: Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, David Deutsch, Paul Graham, Stanislav Grof

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#3

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4 people recommended

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Also recommended by: Charles Koch, Patrick Bet David, Rand Paul

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#4

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4 people recommended

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Also recommended by: Marc Andreessen, Ben Shapiro, Christopher Hitchens

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#5

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations

by David S. Landes

3 people recommended

Very much worth reading.

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Also recommended by: Jamie Dimon, Charlie Munger

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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

by John Maynard Keynes

3 people recommended

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Also recommended by: Warren Buffett, Eric Weinstein

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#7

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3 people recommended

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Also recommended by: Patrick Collison, Paul Graham

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#8

The Road to Wigan Pier

by George Orwell

3 people recommended

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Also recommended by: David Heinemeier Hansson, Jordan Peterson

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#9

The Great Transformation

by Karl Polanyi

3 people recommended

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Also recommended by: Noam Chomsky, Satya Nadella

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#10

Imagined Communities

by Anderson, Benedict

3 people recommended

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Also recommended by: Balaji Srinivasan, Balaji S. Srinivasan

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Exit, Voice, and Loyalty

by Hirschman, Albert O.

3 people recommended

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Also recommended by: Balaji Srinivasan, Balaji S. Srinivasan

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#12

The Second Sex

by Simone de Beauvoir

2 people recommended

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Also recommended by: Laura R Walker

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#13

Orientalism

by Edward W. Said

2 people recommended

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Also recommended by: Christopher Hitchens

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#14

Dynasties

by David S. Landes

Very much worth reading.

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#15

Bankers and Pashas

by David S. Landes

Very much worth reading.

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#16

Revolution in Time

by David S. Landes

Very much worth reading.

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#17

The Unbound Prometheus

by David S. Landes

Absolutely mind-blowing.

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#18

The Economic Consequences of Peace

by John Maynard Keynes

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#19

The End of Laissez-Faire

by John Maynard Keynes

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#20

The Evolution of the International Economic Order

by William Arthur Lewis

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#21

Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

by Barrington Moore

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#22

The Machiavellian Moment

by J.G.A. Pocock

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#23

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution

by Bernard Bailyn

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#24

The End of Ideology

by Daniel Bell

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#25

The Reproduction of Mothering

by Nancy J. Chodorow

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#26

The New Class

by Milovan Djilas

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#27

The Interpretation of Cultures

by Clifford Geertz

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#28

The Making of the English Working Class

by E. P. Thompson

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