Professor Prasad Krishnamurthy interviews David Leonhardt of the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-leon...) on his recently published book, Ours Was the Shining Future (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo.... David has been at the New York Times since 1999 and has served as the Washington bureau chief as well as the founding editor of the Upshot section. His book is a sweeping political and economic account of the United States from the Great Depression to the present.