Niall Ferguson
@nfergus
International man of history. Author, @HooverInst senior fellow, @bopinion columnist. Latest book, DOOM: The Politics of Catastrophe (Penguin). Opinions my own.
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http://niallferguson.com 21-06-2009 09:41:56
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'Everything that the Trump administration said about China has turned out to be right'
Niall Ferguson looks at the US election (and a lot more) on the first episode of our new podcast Voternomics ➡️ bloom.bg/3QmjXkB
I was asked by Stephanie Flanders and Adrian Wooldridge what I thought of the proponents of Brexit / Vote Leave. I quoted Logan Roy in reply: youtube.com/watch?v=rr_CWA…
🎧 The first episode of Voternomics is here
Stephanie Flanders, Adrian Wooldridge and @allegrastratton will help listeners make sense of the elections that will affect markets, countries and economies like never before
Their first guest: Niall Ferguson ➡️ bloom.bg/3QmjXkB
🎧 The first episode of Voternomics is here
Stephanie Flanders, Adrian Wooldridge and @allegrastratton will help listeners make sense of the elections that will affect markets, countries and economies like never before
Their first guest: Niall Ferguson ➡️ bloom.bg/3QmjXkB
“We need every single one of these corrupt institutions to undergo a thorough financial audit. How much Islamist funding have the Qataris laundered into our schools? Islamists are adept at doing a lot of subversion very efficiently.” Read my thoughts:
restorationbulletin.com/p/my-initial-t…
A great many bad takes on the war in Gaza are based on a) uncritically believing Hamas's casualty figures and b) wholly lacking any historical perspective. I recommend Azar Gat's expert analysis in Haaretz.com: haaretz.com/opinion/2024-0…
It's a painful truth that today, when the world remembers the Armenian genocide of 1915, the 120,0000 Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh have fled their homes in fear of a similar nightmare. Read Noubar Afeyan's powerful statement below and his call to free press service, co-founder…
This is an excellent speech by Rishi Sunak. I hope European leaders get the message and follow his lead: gov.uk/government/spe…
You absolutely must not miss the Royal Opera House's sensational 'Lucia di Lammermoor.' It's long been recognized as a brilliant production by Katie Mitchell, but this is a quite superb cast, with Nadine Sierra magnificent as Lucia. roh.org.uk/tickets-and-ev…
.nigel biggar is of course right and Kemi Badenoch knows her history. For some odd reason, my old but erroneous friend William Dalrymple appears not to be familiar with the recent historiography of a) the British industrial revolution and b) the economics of the British Empire.…
'Anyone who has a naive belief in the power of higher education to instill morality has not studied the history of German universities in the Third Reich.'
The definitive essay by Niall Ferguson:
thefp.com/p/niall-fergus…