Niall Ferguson: Today's Greatest Economic Thinker?

[The Wise Men Bow Down]

Originally Posted by EdwardA

I like Niall and have read most of his books. Far better than the anti-intellectual Krugman.

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[Glenski]

Originally Posted by chuckmann

I recall watching Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money back in 2009. Recently while YouTube surfing I ran across Ferguson again, and I have spend a number of delightful hours listening to his presentations, interviews, and debates.

I am thinking Ferguson is today's best, most original, most perceptive thinker, speaker, writer regarding economics, economic history, and the implication of economics on the political process.

As a place to start, I highly recommend the TED Talks lecture The 6 Killer Apps of Capitalism

Agree? Got an alternative?

People I know who are making $500k-1m in real jobs think that he is a shill, and not all that impressive. Others say that economics is a pseudo-science, yet others say it's just a type of history because no economist can predict the future accurately but merely look at the past and explain how something happened. I think he is entertaining. The six killer apps theory is entertaining, but means nothing without technology that Western Europe had that made it what it was in the years 1500-2013, i.e. through the barrel of a gun, dreadnought etc. If Nial Ferguson and Antony Beevor got a room, they would be in bliss, as they both love extolling the virtues of a nation that's practically got nothing to offer the modern world except banking and a gutted divided society ie the UK/England/Britain whatever you wish to call it. I regard him (NF) as being up there with Antony Beevor.

[silverkris]

Niall Ferguson is better known as an apologist for imperialism, and is rightfully knocked for it.

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Originally Posted by silverkris

Niall Ferguson is better known as an apologist for imperialism, and is rightfully knocked for it.

Bingo. I am very surprised how much reactionary conservatism disguised as either enlightened western appreciation or cool brow libertarianism has made such a come back in the last decade. It's almost too vulgar to be "radical" or remotely progressive yet in chic to be pro-establishment. I think the furthest from a critic you can go is to be a market oriented liberal social entrereneur or "Third Way".