Niall Ferguson
5 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 18, 2021 by Niall Ferguson · said 5 times in 3 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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Aug 18, 2021 bearish
Ferguson: Viable city-states depend entirely on the tolerance of big empires
“I think outside the United States it is much harder than some of my more radical libertarian friends imagine to create a new state. Small states are very vulnerable. That's one of the lessons of history. It's big empires that call the shards. And you're only a…”
Aug 18, 2021 positive
Aug 18, 2021 neutral
Aug 18, 2021
Ferguson: Civilizations do not decline gradually; they collapse suddenly
“The real pattern in history is not rise to zenith and then gradual decline. It's quite different from that. A complex system can have a very rough patch, then it can stabilize, it can seem to be in equilibrium, And then it can fall apart very suddenly.”