The rise of the West is, quite simply, the pre-eminent historical phenomenon of the second half of the second millennium after Christ. Niall Ferguson Read Quote
In general, I have felt more at home in the U.S. than I ever felt in England. Niall Ferguson Read Quote
One of the main arguments that I make in my new book, ‘The Great Degeneration,’ is that the rule of law in the U.S. is becoming the rule of lawyers. Niall Ferguson Read Quote
If being rightwing is thinking that Karl Marx’s doctrine was a catastrophe for humanity, then I’m rightwing. Niall Ferguson Read Quote
Oral history is a recipe for complete misrepresentation because almost no one tells the truth, even when they intend to. Niall Ferguson Read Quote
It’s all very well for us to sit here in the West with our high incomes and cushy lives, and say it’s immoral to violate the sovereignty of another state. But if the effect of that is to bring people in that country economic and political freedom, to raise their standard of living, to increase their life expectancy, then don’t rule it out. Niall Ferguson Read Quote
I think the rise of quantitative econometrics and a highly mathematical approach to risk management was the obverse of a decline in interest in financial history. Niall Ferguson Read Quote
