Niall Ferguson

Broschiertes Buch

The Great Degeneration

How Institutions Decay and Economies Die

Beschreibung

The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, ageing populations. But what exactly is amiss with Western civilization? The author argues that the institutions that were once the four pillars of Western society - representative government, and more.

Autor

Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. His most recent book is The Square and the Tower.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 126mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 149g
• ISBN-13: 9780141975238
• ISBN-10: 0141975237
• Artikelnr.: 39402089

Rezensionen

Brilliantly written, full of wit and virtuosity, stuffed with memorable lines and gorgeous bits of information. A great read The Times (on Civilization)