DOOM: THE POLITICS OF CATASTROPHE
“A compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences, from the most brilliant British historian of his generation.”
– THE TIMES
ARTICLES OF NOTE
Investors Are Often the First Casualties of War
From Waterloo to the Ukraine crisis, fears of conflict have moved interest rates, boosted commodities prices and won (and lost) people fortunes.
WHY WE STUDY HISTORY
Niall discusses the difference between English and Scottish pessimism, what James Bond and Doctor Who have in common, how religion fosters doomsday scenarios, which side of the Glorious Revolution he would have been on, why historians seem to have an excessive occupation with leadership, why American bands could never quite get punk music right, Tocqueville’s insights on liberalism, what he learned about populism on a trip to Latin America, and the importance of intellectual succession and institutions.
Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He is the author of sixteen books, including Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe and Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist, which won the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Prize. In addition to writing a syndicated weekly column, he is the founder and managing director of Greenmantle LLC, an advisory firm.
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