Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson's Book Recommendations

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Niall Ferguson is a Scottish historian and author known for his works on economic and financial history. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University. His book recommendations indicate an interest in economics, history, and political science.

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📚 Books Recommended by Niall Ferguson 9

The Unraveling

The Unraveling

by Emma Sky

"A book every American and Briton needs to read, by a woman braver than nearly all of us."

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"A book every American and Briton needs to read, by a woman braver than nearly all of us. The Unraveling, by Emma Sky"

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The Buried Giant

The Buried Giant

by Kazuo Ishiguro

"I am more enthralled than I have been by a book in a long time. Profound meditation on memory."

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"Reading Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant. I am more enthralled than I have been by a book in a long time. Profound meditation on memory."

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The Economic Weapon

The Economic Weapon

by Nicholas Mulder

"This certainly seems like the history book we should all be reading."

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"This certainly seems like the history book we should all be reading: @njtmulder 's impeccably timed The Economic Weapon:"

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A Farewell to Alms

A Farewell to Alms

by Gregory Clark

"I highly recommend."

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"For the @GlasgowGuardian to call Greg Clark a "eugenicist" is grotesque. He is a brilliant and original economic historian, whose books "A Farewell to Alms" and "The Son Also Rises" I highly recommend:"

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Blueprint

Blueprint

by Nicholas A. Christakis

"I cannot recommend too highly [this] book."

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"I cannot recommend too highly the new book by @NAChristakis: One of the finest -- and most humane -- minds of our time."

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The Son Also Rises

The Son Also Rises

by Niall Ferguson

"I highly recommend."

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"For the @GlasgowGuardian to call Greg Clark a "eugenicist" is grotesque. He is a brilliant and original economic historian, whose books "A Farewell to Alms" and "The Son Also Rises" I highly recommend:"

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Planning Armageddon

Planning Armageddon

by Nicholas A. Lambert

"I highly recommend Nick Lambert's books: "Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War" and "The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster: How Globalized Trade Led Britain to Its Worst Defeat of the First World War.""

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The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster

by Nicholas A. Lambert

"I highly recommend Nick Lambert's books: "Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War" and "The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster: How Globalized Trade Led Britain to Its Worst Defeat of the First World War.""

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The Square and the Tower

The Square and the Tower

by Niall Ferguson

"The book sought to introduce network science to readers of history:"

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