Niall Ferguson is a professor of history at Harvard University. He is also a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford University, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His Latest book, Civilization: The West and the Rest, has just been published by Penguin Press.
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America’s Dumbest Budget Cut
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Turkey: The Mideast's Next Dilemma
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Austerity Works
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Dr. K’s Rx for China
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Dr. K's Rx for China
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Sticker Shock
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Sticker Shock
The Fed may deny it, but Americans know that prices are rising. Inflation is back. MORE
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Copper Is King
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America Faces the Fiscal Facts
America finally comes to its senses and faces the fiscal facts. MORE
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Social Networks Also Empower Enemies of Freedom
Social networks might promote democracy, but they also empower the enemies of freedom. MORE
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Murder on the EU Express
With the monetary union coming apart, the finger-pointing has begun. Who really killed Europe? MORE
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The Big Dither
Obama was right to back a no-fly zone over Libya. But he should have done it weeks ago. MORE
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