A late-Soviet debate night doesn’t mean we’re in late-Soviet America. By Ross Douthat Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Ferguson’s “Doom” places the current pandemic in ...

Just in time for what could yet be the mother of all meltdowns, British native (and Harvard historian) Niall Ferguson gives us "The Ascent of Money," subtitled "A Financial History of the World." In ...

Great art? Success in war and conquest? Sanitation? Health? Historians have often argued about what exactly defines great societies. In "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World," writer ...

Economic historian and author of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, Niall Ferguson gives his predictions on gold prices, emerging markets and the Swiss franc. Ferguson also tells ...

In the first episode of the four-hour series THE ASCENT OF MONEY, economist and historian Niall Ferguson documents the roots of money in the conquest of the Americas, from the Incan empire to the ...

Claims that former U.S. President Donald Trump is a threat to the country's democracy have been weakened by the legacy of his first term, historian Niall Ferguson said Friday. "I think this whole ...

As the world continues to struggle to find its footing amid rising unemployment, constricted credit and crumbling banks and industries — raising questions about how the economic system collapsed — PBS ...

Introduction -- Dreams of avarice -- Of human bondage -- Blowing bubbles -- The return of risk -- Safe as houses -- From empire to Chimerica -- Afterword : The descent of money Summary Niall Ferguson ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Ferguson’s “Doom” places the current pandemic in the context of other catastrophes and reaches the conclusion that all disasters are ...