This was my 2023 piece on his book "End Times," which applied the model to the U.S. I suggested China might be a better fit: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Niall Ferguson
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Niall Ferguson
@nfergus
International man of history, Flying Scotsman. Author, @HooverInst senior fellow, @TheFP and @thetimes columnist. Opinions my own.
Stanford, CA Katılım Haziran 2009
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Glad to see the brilliant @Peter_Turchin is taking my advice to apply his model to China! peterturchin.substack.com/p/stairway-to-…
Peter Turchin@Peter_Turchin
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At the live GoodFellows show at the Hoover Institution, @NFergus, @LTGHRMcMaster, @JohnHCochrane, and @BillWhalenCA each make their case for a favorite Founding Father.
Watch the full conversation here: hoover.org/research/good-…
Hoover Institution@HooverInst
For the first time in the show's six-year run, an episode of GoodFellows was recorded live before a public audience. Speaking at the Hoover Institution, @NFergus, @LTGHRMcMaster, @JohnHCochrane, and @BillWhalenCA discussed the principles behind the US Constitution, why the language has stood the test of time, and whether several provisions within the storied document need updating in a world the Founding Fathers couldn't imagine. Watch the full conversation on X:
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Is the United States an empire? At the live GoodFellows show, Hoover Senior Fellows @NFergus and @LTGHRMcMaster take opposing views.
Watch the full conversation here: hoover.org/research/good-…
Hoover Institution@HooverInst
For the first time in the show's six-year run, an episode of GoodFellows was recorded live before a public audience. Speaking at the Hoover Institution, @NFergus, @LTGHRMcMaster, @JohnHCochrane, and @BillWhalenCA discussed the principles behind the US Constitution, why the language has stood the test of time, and whether several provisions within the storied document need updating in a world the Founding Fathers couldn't imagine. Watch the full conversation on X:
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Iran is waging a war on British Jews — on British streets.
And Britain’s leaders keep offering statements instead of protection.
In her latest for @RestoringWest, @Ayaan argues that the U.K. must finally proscribe the IRGC and confront foreign-directed Islamist violence.
ayaan.restoringthewest.com/iran-is-waging…
#RestoringTheWest #IRGC #Antisemitism #BritishJews #Iran
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Admission to UATX is entirely based on test scores.
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Hoover's @NFergus was awarded the George F. Will Award for the Advancement of Liberty and the Free Society from the @Liberty_Fund for his "significant contributions to our understanding of the free society, individual liberty, and the human condition." hoover.org/news/hoovers-s…
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For the first time in the show's six-year run, an episode of GoodFellows was recorded live before a public audience.
Speaking at the Hoover Institution, @NFergus, @LTGHRMcMaster, @JohnHCochrane, and @BillWhalenCA discussed the principles behind the US Constitution, why the language has stood the test of time, and whether several provisions within the storied document need updating in a world the Founding Fathers couldn't imagine.
Watch the full conversation on X:
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Last week, the Hoover Applied History Working Group, in partnership with Harvard's Applied History Project, held a special webinar to discuss the Applied History movement today, featuring @GrahamTAllison, @nfergus, and John Bew.
Watch below: youtube.com/watch?v=3iep9X…
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Congratulations, @nfergus!
Liberty Fund@Liberty_Fund
A conversation on the ideas that sustain a free society. Sir Niall Ferguson (@nfergus), the 2026 George F. Will Award recipient, joined George Will (@GeorgeWill) for a wide-ranging conversation exploring the forces shaping free societies—past, present, and future. Watch the full conversation and dive into key moments below: 02:13 — Historical Amnesia & the Stakes for a Free Society 03:01 — What History Actually Teaches (Beyond the Clichés) 03:36 — Suez Crisis Lessons on Intervention & Unintended Consequences 05:30 — Populism as a Reaction to Corruption, Not Ideology 07:58 — The Democratic Test: Can Leaders Lose Power? 11:49 — Constitutional Limits as a Safeguard for Liberty 20:36 — Ferguson's Law & the Limits of Great Powers 23:10 — Free Trade, China, & Where Policy Went Wrong 32:30 — Technological Change in Historical Perspective 33:57 — AI & the Challenge to Human Agency
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We have two exciting events coming up in May, and tickets are going fast!
@NFergus with @AaronBMacLean for a live taping of @schoolofwarpod in NYC (May 19): thefp.com/events?event_i…
And our next Comedy Cellar Sunday on May 17, featuring Judy Gold, Casey Balsham, Drew Dunn, Andy Haynes, Ian Lara, and Mike Yard: thefp.com/events?event_i…
As always, find all our events at TheFP.com/events!
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A conversation on the ideas that sustain a free society. Sir Niall Ferguson (@nfergus), the 2026 George F. Will Award recipient, joined George Will (@GeorgeWill) for a wide-ranging conversation exploring the forces shaping free societies—past, present, and future. Watch the full conversation and dive into key moments below:
02:13 — Historical Amnesia & the Stakes for a Free Society
03:01 — What History Actually Teaches (Beyond the Clichés)
03:36 — Suez Crisis Lessons on Intervention & Unintended Consequences
05:30 — Populism as a Reaction to Corruption, Not Ideology
07:58 — The Democratic Test: Can Leaders Lose Power?
11:49 — Constitutional Limits as a Safeguard for Liberty
20:36 — Ferguson's Law & the Limits of Great Powers
23:10 — Free Trade, China, & Where Policy Went Wrong
32:30 — Technological Change in Historical Perspective
33:57 — AI & the Challenge to Human Agency
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Here we are, conversing on everything from Hungarian politics to the impact of the Scottish Enlightenment on the American Revolution, at the @Liberty_Fund dinner in Washington on April 13: youtube.com/watch?v=1FDLAc…
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It was a great privilege as well as a real pleasure to share a stage with @GeorgeWill, one of the great writers and thinkers of modern America.
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If only they all began by citing the work of an economic historian.
Karthik Tadepalli@karthiktadepall
if only most econ papers had this good of a first paragraph
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"We still have not fully processed the significance of the return of political violence to American life."
@nfergus and UATX freshman Emerson Lau on Saturday night's WHCD shooting.
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It was a huge pleasure and privilege to introduce the great @benshapiro at @uaustinorg last night. Watch the whole thing. A brilliant, inspiring performance.
The Ben Shapiro Show@BenShapiroShow
.@benshapiro discussing how the American people should pursue this specific principle above all in a live speech at the @uaustinorg. @benshapiro: "See, the thing about the way the American government is built is that it was built to really pursue one fundamental principle above all." "And it wasn't even freedom as much as Epistemic Humility. Because freedom is rooted in a certain level of epistemic humility." "If you think you're always right, then you might want to be a tyrant because you're always right." Watch the full speeech here: youtube.com/live/fJb5aEJ8F…
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Sigh. The point was not Allen became a would-be assassin because he went to @Caltech. We have no clue at this point about his motivation. The point was that the pendulum is not swinging back in Californian higher ed. Wokeism isn't dead. And Caltech was affected, too. Read the WSJ and LAT pieces I posted.
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For those wondering how on earth a @Caltech graduate becomes a would-be assassin, this is your reminder that the Great Awokening was especially demented in California, and that there is no pendulum magically swinging back to sanity in the established universities.
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