Niall Ferguson
Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor at Harvar
Niall Ferguson appears in the following:
How New Networks Break Old Hierarchies
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Civil Society in Decline
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Niall Ferguson, Harvard professor of history and the author of The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die (Penguin, 2013), warns that Western democracies have entered a phase of decline.
Civilization: The West and the Rest
Monday, December 26, 2011
All over the world, more and more people work for Western-style companies, study at Western-style universities, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, wear Western clothes, and even work Western hours. Historian Niall Ferguson looks at Western civilization’s rise to global predominance in Civilization: The West and the Rest, he argues that, beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six concepts that the rest lacked: competition, science, the rule of law, consumerism, modern medicine, and the work ethic.
Civilization: The West and the Rest
Monday, November 07, 2011
All over the world, more and more people work for Western-style companies, study at Western-style universities, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, wear Western clothes, and even work Western hours. Historian Niall Ferguson looks at Western civilization’s rise to global predominance in Civilization: The West and the Rest, he argues that, beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six concepts that the rest lacked: competition, science, the rule of law, consumerism, modern medicine, and the work ethic.
China and the US: An Economic Turning Point?
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Yesterday, U.S. Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner spoke by phone with his Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier Wang Qishan, to discuss the challenges facing global markets after a tumultuous week for the U.S. economy. China's stock market plunged on Monday (along with the U.S.'s), following the news that Standard and Poor downgraded America's credit rating. Chinese investors are concerned that the current poor economic climate in the U.S. will lead to decreased demand for Chinese exports. China is the largest U.S. foreign creditor, but over the weekend on Chinese websites many people were calling for China to invest less money in the U.S.
The Economics of the Arab Spring
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Niall Ferguson, Harvard professor and Newsweek columnist, asks whether an economic plunge will ruin the Arab Spring.