Archive - Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality

LECTURE NOTES: 5.4. Post-2010 "Polycrisis": Culture, Communications, Politics, & War

Rough but edited (and significantly expanded) lecture transcript. Part of Econ 135: The History of Economic Growth Course Unit 5. After Neoliberalism…

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LECTURE NOTES: 1.1. What the History of Economic Growth Is

Rough but edited lecture transcript. Part of Econ 135: The History of Economic Growth course unit 1. Introduction...

Nov 20 •

LECTURE NOTES: 5.3. Post-2010 "Polycrisis": Economics

Rough but edited lecture transcript. Part of Econ 135: The History of Economic Growth Course Unit 5. After Neoliberalism Comes "Polycrisis": The…

Nov 19 •

LECTURE NOTES: 5.2. Neoliberalism & After

Part of Econ 135: The History of Economic Growth course unit 5. After Neoliberalism Comes "Polycrisis": What the Neoliberal Order was, & what pressures…

Nov 19 •

LECTURE NOTES: 5.1. Global Warming

Part of Econ 135: The History of Economic Growth course unit 5. After Neoliberalism Comes "Polycrisis": Global warming & its role in feeding the…

Nov 18 •

Social Theory for the Mid-21st Century: Part III. How Can the Experiences of Past Societies of Domination Be Relevant for Us?

2024 Philosophy, Politics, & Economics Society Keynote Lecture :: Westin New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, LA :: J. Bradford DeLong :: U.C. Berkeley …

Nov 17 •

Social Theory for the Mid-21st Century: Part II. From -73000 to 2055: Malthusian Poverty to Modern Economic Growth

2024 Philosophy, Politics, & Economics Society Keynote Lecture :: Westin New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, LA :: J. Bradford DeLong :: U.C. Berkeley …

Nov 17 •

Social Theory for the Mid-21st Century: Part I. What Do I Ask My Students to Read so That They Will Understand the World of 2055?

2024 Philosophy, Politics, & Economics Society Keynote Lecture :: Westin New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, LA :: J. Bradford DeLong :: U.C. Berkeley …

Nov 15 •

Are the Tech Titans Mighty Enough to Break the Threatened NVIDIA-OpenAI Fetters?

Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, even Google, & many others are paying hundreds of billions to NVIDIA, and hoping to spend tens of billions to make this a…

Nov 12 •

PROJECT SYNDICATE: Misinformation Decided the U.S. Election

The bulk of Trump voters voted for him out of love for us...

Nov 11 •

WEEKLY BRIEFLY NOTED: For 2024-11-10 Su

My weekly read-around...

Nov 10 •

DRAFT: The Democratic Party Is too a Party Dedicated to Securing for the Workers by Hand & Brain the Full Fruits of Their Industry

Behind the paywall, because this is not yet ready for prime time. Daron Acemoglu thinks that is not what we are, & that we are instead the party of…

Nov 9 •

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