Laurence Tisch

The Inaugural Lecture of the Laurence A. Tisch Professorship of Law

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Duration: 77:33
Published: 29 Sep 2010
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The Inaugural Lecture of the Laurence A. Tisch Professorship of Law was presented by Richard A. Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law. His lecture is titled, "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: What do constitutional originalism and modern economic theory tell us about the regulation of campaign speech?"

Demise of Dollar as International Currency?

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Published: 23 Jul 2009
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Complete video at: fora.tv Niall Ferguson and James Fallows debate the statement by Zhou Xiaochuan, head of China's central bank, calling for the replacement of the dollar as the dominant world currency with the creation of an international reserve currency. ----- Niall Ferguson, the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, and The Atlantic's James Fallows discuss the financial relationship between the United States and China as part of the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival. The event was moderated by Scott Stossel. - Aspen Institute Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. James Fallows is The Atlantic Monthly's National Correspondent, and has worked for the magazine for more than twenty years. His previous books include Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy, Looking at the Sun, More Like Us and National Defense, which won the American Book Award for non-fiction. His article about the consequences of victory in Iraq, "The Fifty First State?," won the 2003 National Magazine Award. Mr. Fallows has been an editor for the Washington Monthly and Texas Monthly magazines, and a columnist for the Industry Standard.

Ferguson on China: GDP, Nationalism, and the Internet

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Published: 27 Jul 2009
Uploaded: 29 Jul 2011
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Complete video at: fora.tv Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money, concludes that the legitimacy of China is not strictly dependent on GDP growth, but on also relies heavily on nationalism - which the Internet facilitates. "The more economic problems they have, the more it seems to me they will rely on nationalism," he says. ----- Niall Ferguson, the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, and The Atlantic's James Fallows discuss the financial relationship between the United States and China as part of the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival. The event was moderated by Scott Stossel. - Aspen Institute Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Historian vs Futurist on Human Progress - Long Now Foundation

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Published: 06 Jun 2008
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Complete video at: fora.tv Historian Niall Ferguson debates futurist author Peter Schwartz on the overall nature of human progress. ----- Niall Ferguson and Peter Schwartz present Historian vs. Futurist on Human Progress as part of The Long Now Foundation's Seminars about Long-term Thinking. Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is most recently the author of the books The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West (2006) and Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (2004). Peter Schwartz is cofounder and chairman of Global Business Network (GBN), a unique membership organization and worldwide network of strategists, business executives, scientists, and artists based in Emeryville, California. Established in 01988, GBN specializes in corporate scenario planning and research on the future of the business environment. From 01982 to 01986, Peter headed scenario planning for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies in London. His team conducted comprehensive analyses of the global business and political environment and worked with senior management to create successful strategies. Schwartz is the co-author of both the 01999 books The Long Boom, and ...

Prof. Niall Ferguson on entrepreneurial freedom in the new global financial system

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Duration: 55:19
Published: 07 May 2010
Uploaded: 30 Jul 2011
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Niall Ferguson (born in 1964) is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of history at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. He is a prolific commentator on contemporary politics and economics and the author of several award winning and bestselling books focussing on foreign policy and economic history. Niall Ferguson writes and reviews regularly for the British and the American press. He is a contributing editor for The Financial Times and a regular contributor to Newsweek. Niall Ferguson graduated with first class honours from Magdalen College, Oxford. In 2000, he was appointed Professor of political and financial history at Oxford and two years later he took up the Herzog Chair in financial history at the Stern Business School, New York University, before moving to Harvard in 2004.

2009 Freedom Awards: Conversation with Henry Kissinger -- 10/08/2009

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Duration: 50:34
Published: 01 Feb 2010
Uploaded: 27 Aug 2010
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IRI honored former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger with its 2009 Freedom Award for his contribution to the security and progress of the United States. IRI Chairman Senator John McCain presented the award to Secretary Kissinger at an event in Washington, DC. Former Secretary of State and IRI Board Member Lawrence Eagleburger also spoke at the event, which marked IRIs 25th anniversary. At the event Secretary Kissinger and Niall Ferguson, the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who is working on a biography of Secretary Kissinger, took part in a conversation discussing current foreign policy issues facing the United States. Ferguson asked for the Secretarys insights and thoughts on Afghanistan, Iran and US-China relations. Click here to read more bit.ly

China, the US and the Economic Crisis - Niall Ferguson

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Published: 14 Nov 2008
Uploaded: 02 Aug 2011
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Complete video at: fora.tv Harvard historian Niall Ferguson warns that the greatest danger of the current financial crisis could be the possible collapse of economic relations between China and America. ----- Professor and historian Niall Ferguson asks what the ramifications of the subprime crisis will be in the realm of grand strategy and politics. Is this an historical turning point, marking a decisive shift in financial power from West to East? Or are rumours of the death of the dollar and the decline of American empire exaggerated? - Hoover Institution Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Roots of Conflict in the Middle East

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Published: 06 Jun 2008
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Complete video at: fora.tv Historian Niall Ferguson debates futurist author Peter Schwartz on the historical roots of modern-day conflicts in the Middle East. ----- Niall Ferguson and Peter Schwartz present Historian vs. Futurist on Human Progress as part of The Long Now Foundation's Seminars about Long-term Thinking. Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is most recently the author of the books The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West (2006) and Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (2004). Peter Schwartz is cofounder and chairman of Global Business Network (GBN), a unique membership organization and worldwide network of strategists, business executives, scientists, and artists based in Emeryville, California. Established in 01988, GBN specializes in corporate scenario planning and research on the future of the business environment. From 01982 to 01986, Peter headed scenario planning for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies in London. His team conducted comprehensive analyses of the global business and political environment and worked with senior management to create successful strategies. Schwartz is the co-author of both the 01999 ...

Richard Epstein, George Soros, and Bruce Caldwell Discuss Hayek's Constitution of Liberty

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Duration: 85:02
Published: 29 Apr 2011
Uploaded: 02 Aug 2011
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The Constitution of Liberty The Definitive Edition by FA Hayek edited by Ronald Hamowy (University of Chicago Press, 2011) FEATURING Bruce Caldwell Editor, The Collected Works of FA Hayek Richard Epstein Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University Law School George Soros Founder and Chairman, Open Society Foundations MODERATED BY Ronald Hamowy Fellow in Social Thought, Cato Institute April 28, 2011

A Conservative's Critique of US Foreign Policy Under Bush

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Published: 21 Nov 2007
Uploaded: 25 Jul 2011
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Complete video at: fora.tv Harvard University historian Niall Ferguson offers a conservative's critique of US foreign policy under the Bush Administration. ----- Niall Ferguson discusses "After the Bush Doctrine: What Next for American Foreign Policy?" This event was part of the Hoover Institution's Fall Retreat 2007. Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is a regular contributor to television and radio on both sides of the Atlantic. In 2003 he wrote and presented a six-part history of the British Empire for Channel 4, the UK terrestrial broadcaster. The accompanying book, Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power (Basic), was a bestseller in both Britain and the United States. The sequel, Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, was published in 2004 by Penguin. His latest book is The War of the World, a global history of the Second World War, which was published to critical acclaim in September 2006. He is currently completing a biography of Siegmund Warburg and has recently begun researching a life of Henry Kissinger. A prolific commentator on contemporary politics and economics, Niall Ferguson writes and reviews regularly for ...

Reasons for Optimism on Climate Change?

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Published: 06 Jun 2008
Uploaded: 16 Jul 2011
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Complete video at: fora.tv Historian Niall Ferguson debates futurist author Peter Schwartz on reasons to feel optimistic about the issue of global climate change. ----- Niall Ferguson and Peter Schwartz present Historian vs. Futurist on Human Progress as part of The Long Now Foundation's Seminars about Long-term Thinking. Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is most recently the author of the books The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West (2006) and Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (2004). Peter Schwartz is cofounder and chairman of Global Business Network (GBN), a unique membership organization and worldwide network of strategists, business executives, scientists, and artists based in Emeryville, California. Established in 01988, GBN specializes in corporate scenario planning and research on the future of the business environment. From 01982 to 01986, Peter headed scenario planning for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies in London. His team conducted comprehensive analyses of the global business and political environment and worked with senior management to create successful strategies. Schwartz is the co-author of both the ...

Davos Annual Meeting 2011 - WHAT IF: competitive devaluation becomes the global norm?

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Duration: 51:48
Published: 11 Feb 2011
Uploaded: 26 Jun 2011
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www.weforum.org 28.01.2011 WHAT IF: competitive devaluation becomes the global norm? From the fate of the Eurozone to the future of US-China relations, there is concern that currency devaluations will radically alter the status quo. In partnership with the World Economic Forum, Bloomberg Television hosts this debate on the effect of currency wars erupting around the world. - Mark J. Carney, Governor of the Bank of Canada; Banking & Capital Markets Industry Agenda Council - Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University, and William Ziegler Professor, Harvard Business School, USA - Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Central Bank of Israel; Global Agenda Council on Fiscal Crises - Brian T. Moynihan, Chief Executive Officer and President, Bank of America, USA - Jacek Rostowski, Minister of Finance of Poland - Mehmet Simsek, Minister of Finance of Turkey Moderated by: - Francine Lacqua, Anchor 'On the Move' and Senior Correspondent, Bloomberg TV, United Kingdom

The Game Changers Lecture Series- Wall Street-Taking Stock, Looking Ahead

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Published: 06 Jul 2011
Uploaded: 04 Aug 2011
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The Foreign Policy Association hosted the third session of The Game Changers Lecture Series, with Dr. Niall Ferguson discussing "Wall Street: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead." Dr. Niall Ferguson is a Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has written such works as The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild,The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000, and Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire. His new book is titled The Ascent of Money: The Financial History of the World, which he will be signing at the end. Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009

US: The Next USSR? Ferguson Says Economy on Edge of Chaos

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Published: 26 Jan 2011
Uploaded: 01 Jun 2011
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Complete video at: fora.tv Harvard University history professor Niall Ferguson compares the United States economy to complex systems in nature. The US financial system may appear from the outside to be in equilibrium, says Ferguson, but it is actually "quite close to the edge of chaos." ----- Niall Ferguson, David Gergen, and Mort Zuckerman discuss how America's global standing will be affected by the continuing financial crisis. This program was recorded in collaboration with the 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival, on July 8, 2010. Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Niall Ferguson - The John Bonython Lecture 2010

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Published: 15 Dec 2010
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The Board and staff of The Centre for Independent Studies warmly invite you to an evening with controversial and renowned economic historian, Professor Niall Ferguson. Author of best-selling The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World and one of the world's leading geoeconomic thinkers, Professor Ferguson will speak exclusively for CIS in Sydney when he delivers the Centre's annual John Bonython lecture on 28 July 2010. The world is changing: there's the rise of authoritarian China as a super-power; a Keynesian president leading a weakened United States; the reemergence of democratic India as a great power; the continued decline of Japan; and the probability of continued global economic instability ahead. Is the rise and fall of empires cyclical or arrhythmic? How does economic profligacy -- whether the result of arrogance or naivety -- contribute to the downfall of civilisations? Not to be missed, the address will offer a timely review of primacy, leadership, and the complex factors behind the rise and fall of great powers and civilisations. Niall Ferguson is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School, and a Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. A prolific commentator on contemporary politics and economics, Ferguson is a regular television, radio and print contributor on both sides of the Atlantic. The author of numerous books including Empire: The Rise and Demise of ...

The Insider - Final Scene

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Duration: 3:45
Published: 28 Dec 2010
Uploaded: 23 Jul 2011
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Great scene from a great film. Mann is unique and talented in his mix of drama and music. The Insider is a 1999 film that tells the controversial true story of a 60 Minutes television series segment, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand. The 60 Minutes story originally aired in November 1995 in an altered form because CBS' then-owner, Laurence Tisch, objected. The story was later aired on February 4, 1996.

2009 Freedom Awards: Remarks by Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger -- 10/08/2009

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Published: 16 Oct 2009
Uploaded: 31 Mar 2010
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IRI honored former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger with its 2009 Freedom Award for his contribution to the security and progress of the United States. IRI Chairman Senator John McCain presented the award to Secretary Kissinger at an event in Washington, DC. Former Secretary of State and IRI Board Member Lawrence Eagleburger also spoke at the event, which marked IRIs 25th anniversary. At the event Secretary Kissinger and Niall Ferguson, the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who is working on a biography of Secretary Kissinger, took part in a conversation discussing current foreign policy issues facing the United States. Ferguson asked for the Secretarys insights and thoughts on Afghanistan, Iran and US-China relations. Click here to read more bit.ly

Niall Ferguson: Don't Trust Democrats to Fix Economy

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Published: 17 Nov 2008
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Complete video at: fora.tv Harvard historian Niall Ferguson argues that Barack Obama's plans to increase income taxes for wealthy Americans could lead to an economic climate similar to the "stagflation" period of the 1970's. ----- Professor and historian Niall Ferguson asks what the ramifications of the subprime crisis will be in the realm of grand strategy and politics. Is this an historical turning point, marking a decisive shift in financial power from West to East? Or are rumours of the death of the dollar and the decline of American empire exaggerated? - Hoover Institution Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Davos Open Forum 2010 - Switzerland: Misfit or Model?

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Duration: 90:16
Published: 29 Jan 2010
Uploaded: 20 Jul 2011
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www.weforum.org 28.01.2010 Switzerland has been criticized lately On the one hand, Switzerland's direct democracy is a showpiece; on the other hand, it unleashes worldwide consternation. International pressures on bank secrecy lead to concessions in the exchange of fiscal information. The accusation of cherry-picking comes up regularly. Does Switzerland have to fear for its reputation and economy? Did Switzerland react accordingly to the international pressure on tax issues? What consequences will this have on Swiss diplomacy and its role as a mediator in international conflicts? This session is co-organized with the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches (SEK-FEPS). Pascale Bruderer-Wyss, President of the National Council of Switzerland; Young Global Leader Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University, and William Ziegler Professor, Harvard Business School, USA Peter Maurer, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, New York Haig Simonian, Correspondent, Financial Times, Switzerland Ulrich Thielemann, Vice-Director, Business Ethics, University of St Gallen, Switzerland Moderated by Stephan Klapproth, Anchor, Ten O'Clock News, Swiss Television SF DRS, Switzerland

Post-American World a New 'Dark Age'? - Niall Ferguson

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Published: 20 Jan 2011
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Complete video at: fora.tv Historian Niall Ferguson fears a post-American world would bear close resemblance to the Dark Ages that followed the decline of the Roman Empire. He foresees chaos across the Middle East and the rise of China as the next superpower. "A world without a strong America is a dangerous world," he exclaims. ----- Niall Ferguson, David Gergen, and Mort Zuckerman discuss how America's global standing will be affected by the continuing financial crisis. This program was recorded in collaboration with the 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival, on July 8, 2010. Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Niall Ferguson Applies Evolutionary Theory to Finance

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Published: 23 Jul 2009
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Complete video at: fora.tv Harvard professor Niall Ferguson creates an evolutionary analogy to the current financial world. He reconceives the evolutionary terms of competition, mutation, natural selection, and extinction in economic terms. ----- Professor Niall Ferguson offers an evolutionary approach to financial history. He questions the impeding of 'natural selection' by keeping the financial dinosaurs alive through the life support of monetary injections: "without creative destruction, our economic system cannot be a healthy one." The view that financial history could be 'evolutionary' in fact pre-dates Darwin, born 200 years ago this year, but the view has been pushed into the hinterlands of contemporary thinking about the worlds of finance and economics. Through the publication of his book, The Ascent of Money, Professor Niall Ferguson brought about a timely re-emergence of the evolutionary approach. By looking at finance along evolutionary lines, we can relate the long run of financial history to recent events and so illuminate them in a way which will perhaps offer us a clearer sight of how we should pull ourselves out of the current economic crisis. - Gresham College Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is a resident faculty member of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover ...

WNYC: Niall Ferguson

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Published: 20 Nov 2008
Uploaded: 27 Aug 2010
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Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, senior research fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the author of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, places the current financial crisis in historical context with Brian Lehrer.

Niall Ferguson: Will Debt Trigger US Collapse?

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Published: 17 Sep 2010
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Complete video at: fora.tv Harvard historian Niall Ferguson predicts that within the next five years, the US will be spending so much on interest payments, it will have to slash defense spending. "Military retreat from the mountains of the Hindu Kush, or the plains of Mesopotamia," Ferguson warns, "has long been a harbinger of imperial fall." ----- Throughout history the rise and fall of empires isn't slow or cyclical, as we like to think, but arrhythmic...it mostly happens very, very suddenly. America is a superpower on the edge of chaos, according to economic historian and author Niall Ferguson. US debt levels, he says, and its unwillingness to address the problem, has put it in the same category as other great empires which have collapsed throughout the ages. Ferguson argues the world is changing. There's the rise of authoritarian China as a super-power; a Keynesian president leading a weakened United States; the re-emergence of democratic India as a great power; the continued decline of Japan; and the probability of continued global economic instability ahead. Is the rise and fall of empires cyclical or arrhythmic? How does economic profligacy -- whether the result of arrogance or naivety -- contribute to the downfall of civilizations? Not to be missed, the address will offer a timely review of primacy, leadership, and the complex factors behind the rise and fall of great powers and civilizations. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is ...

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