"All disasters are in some sense man-made."Setting the annus horribilis of 2020 in historical perspective, Niall Ferguson explains why we are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters.Disasters are inherently hard to predict....

The House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1798-1848

Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe von Ferguson, Niall

From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, a searching and provocative examination of the widespread institutional rot that threatens our collective future What causes rich countries to lose their...

Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe von Ferguson, Niall

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papersNo American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as "Super K"-the "indispensable man" whose advice has...

"Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa" ist ein Buch der sambischen Ökonomin Dambisa Moyo, nicht von Niall Ferguson. In diesem provokanten Werk kritisiert Moyo die traditionelle Entwicklungshilfe für...

Mit dieser bahnbrechenden neuen Biografie, die auf über 10 000 bisher unveröffentlichten Briefen und Tagebucheinträgen beruht, kehrt Niall Ferguson zu seinen Wurzeln als Finanzhistoriker zurück. Er erzählt darin die Geschichte Siegmund...

From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the TowerWestern civilization's rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries.How did the West overtake its...

"The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power" von Niall Ferguson untersucht die dynamische Beziehung zwischen hierarchischen Strukturen und Netzwerken in der Geschichte. Ferguson argumentiert, dass...

The Square and the Tower von Ferguson, Niall