Western civilization's rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. All over the world, more and more people study at Western-style universities, work for Western-style companies, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, w[...]

The latest work from Niall Ferguson, bestselling author of "Empire", "The Great Degneration" is based on his 2012 BBC Reith Lectures 'The Rule of Law and Its Enemies'. The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today, it seems: slowing g[...]

Complete summary of Niall Ferguson's book: "e;The Ascent of Money: AFinancial History of the World"e;.This summary of the ideas fromNiall Ferguson's book "e;The Ascent of Money"e; shows how money is now moreimportant than ever. In his book, the author provides a historical look at th[...]

Tässä teoksessa Niall Ferguson osoittaa, että rahoitus on yhteiskunnan edistyksen perusta. Samalla käy ilmi, että rahan historia on kaiken historian olennainen tausta.Luoton ja velan kehitys, siis uuden rahan luominen, on kulttuurin nousun kannalta yhtä tärkeää kuin muutkin teknologiset inn[...]

What if there had been no American War of Independence? What if Hitler had invaded Britain? What if Kennedy had lived? What if Russia had won the Cold War? Niall Ferguson, author of the highly acclaimed The Pity of War, leads the charge in this historically rigorous series of separate voyages into "[...]