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The Great Degeneration

By: Niall Ferguson
Narrated by: Paul Slack
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Symptoms of decline are all around us today, it seems: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations, anti-social behaviour. But what exactly is amiss with Western civilization? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, is that our institutions - the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail - are degenerating. To arrest the degeneration of the West's civilization, Ferguson warns, will take heroic leadership and radical reform.

The Great Degeneration is the latest, provocative work from Niall Ferguson, best-selling author of The Ascent of Money.

©2012 Niall Ferguson (P)2013 W F Howes Ltd Economics

Critic Reviews

"Brilliantly written, full of wit and virtuosity, stuffed with memorable lines and gorgeous bits of information. A great read" ( The Times)
"Brings history alive for the reader with a dazzling knowledge... peerless" ( Independent on Sunday)
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I enjoyed this almost as much as his book on money, if only it were longer and had a better cover, I’m sure it you’d be more widely read, it’s got lots of easy to understand financial and general history.

I think this is one of Ferguson’s best books

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