With social networks like Facebook and Twitter in abundance, the effects of networks on society in the twenty-first century are inarguable. However, Niall Ferguson, author of The Square and the Tower, argues that networks are not a new phenomenon and have been impacting human culture from the beginning of history.

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Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, and Niall Ferguson, historian and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University, clashed in a dynamic debate on whether the liberal international order is over.

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A seminar in the President's Seminar series, part of the “Rethinking Open Society” project. Remarks by Niall Ferguson.

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A discussion including Niall Ferguson, Senior Fellow, Center for European Studies, Harvard University.

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Ferguson and Andrew Roberts on the legacy of Henry Kissinger.

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Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes historian Niall Ferguson of the Hoover Institution who is the 2016 Underhill Lecturer at Berkeley. After discussing the importance of Anglo-American Studies and the wave of populism sweeping the West, including Brexit and the Trump phenomena, the conversation turns to an in depth look at Ferguson’s recent book, “Kissinger, 1923-1969, The Idealist.”

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On October 28, Niall Ferguson accepted the 2016 Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC.

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Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior fellow of the Center for European Studies, Harvard, where he served for 12 years as the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History.

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Niall Ferguson joins Morning Joe to discuss why he says it is tough to see what a Trump presidency may actually look like.

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Google Zeitgeist is a collection of talks by people who are changing the world. Hear entrepreneurs, CEOs, storytellers, scientists, and dreamers share their visions of how we can shape tomorrow.

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