J. Bradford DeLong, Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the author of Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century (Basic Books, 2022). He was Deputy Assistant US Treasury Secretary during the Clinton Administration, where he was heavily involved in budget and trade negotiations. His role in designing the bailout of Mexico during the 1994 peso crisis placed him at the forefront of Latin America’s transformation into a region of open economies, and cemented his stature as a leading voice in economic-policy debates.
May 1, 2024 J. Bradford DeLong worries that the first mover in electric vehicles is increasingly running on bucket-shop hype.
Mar 14, 2024 J. Bradford DeLong asks why market rates and expectations are far from what almost anyone would have anticipated five years ago.
Feb 5, 2024 J. Bradford DeLong worries that the central bank is keeping monetary policy too restrictive for the macroeconomic situation.
Dec 22, 2023 J. Bradford DeLong argues that the US central bank has managed to humble hawkish and dovish critics alike.
Nov 9, 2023 J. Bradford DeLong examines the arguments being put to the test in the antitrust case against Google.
Since taking power in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have stoked Hindu nationalism, hollowed out India’s democracy, and overseen an economy that is probably performing far worse than official figures suggest. And yet Modi and the BJP are genuinely popular, making them likely – though not certain – to emerge victorious when the ongoing parliamentary election concludes in June.
