John Mauldin's Outside the Box: Western Civilisation: Decline – or Fall?
I had my nose in Niall Ferguson's newest book, Civilization: The West and the Rest, at every possible moment during my recent trip to Hong Kong and Singapore. It's powerful and very, very timely, and I strongly recommend it. To help get the word out, I asked Niall for a short, somewhat personal piece on the thinking behind the book – in other words, what moved him to write it?
What you're going to find in the piece below for this week's Outside the Box, as well as in the book, is an author who is very concerned about our civilization's prospects – and unafraid to say so. I mean, the last time I looked, "saving the world" had gone distinctly out of fashion. And then, and then, we all grow up and get pretty focused and incremental about things: if we can just address the problem or three right in front of us, we're reasonably content.
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Related book: Civilization: The West and the Rest
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Scott Adams: Wizard Wars (LINK) In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed (LINK) The Meaning of Kissinger - By Niall Ferguson (LINK) Related book: Kissinger: 1923-1968: The IdealistThis Is a Fine Time to Be a Big Corporation [H/T Matt]...
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Barry Ritholtz interviews Michael Mauboussin (LINK) If you haven't watched Mauboussin's Google Talk on his book The Success Equation, I highly recommend it. In the talk, he also recommended the books The Storytelling Animal as well as The Halo...
- The West And The Rest: The Changing Global Balance Of Power In Historical Perspective
Niall Ferguson discusses the rise of China and the challenge this poses for the United States in terms not only of economics, but also of geopolitics and 'soft power'. Link ................... Related book: Civilization: The West and the Rest...
- Niall Ferguson On Charlie Rose
Link to: Niall Ferguson on Charlie Rose ………………..Related book: Civilization: The West and the Rest ...
- Niall Ferguson On Charlie Rose
I found the Charlie Rose interview with Niall Ferguson pretty interesting (VIDEO 11/3/2009). In it, Ferguson says that he thinks Mr. Buffett is making a mistake buying Burlington Northern. The statement "This is a moment in history when the things that...