Experts
Niall Ferguson
Professor of History, Harvard University
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An empire in denial. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Politics & Policy
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A lesson from an investment banker. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Truth & Justice
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Whom would you like to interview?
If you forced his hand, probably Stalin. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Truth & Justice
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Glorify peace, not war. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom, Love, Sex, & Happiness
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The American empire is waning, ethnic hatred is growing and economic stability is crumbling. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Future
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Nuclear non-proliferation is today's single most important issue. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Identity
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Greed and fear are high on the list. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Health & Medicine, History
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Historian Niall Ferguson on worshiping Charles Darwin, Adam Smith and Issac Newton. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Belief
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Too many arguments are simplistic, Ferguson says. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Finding understanding. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In History
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Niall Ferguson: Is history driven by individuals, or larger forces?
Its a combination of both, says Ferguson Read More
January 4, 2008 | In History
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Was World War II the last good war? Read More
January 4, 2008 | In History
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Naill Ferguson believes that if we destroy human civilization, we certainly destroy history. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In History
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Niall Ferguson: How will this age be remembered?
All of history is the history of empires. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In History
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Is there such a thing as historical objectivity?
There ought to be... Read More
January 4, 2008 | In History, Truth & Justice
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Niall Ferguson on Historical Actors
The stars, heroes and villains of the 20th century. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In History
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Niall Ferguson on Historical Interpretation
Ferguson talks about getting through the chaos of information. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In History
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Ferguson communes with the dead. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Business & Economics, History
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Growing up nationalist. Read More
January 4, 2008 | In Identity
Niall Ferguson is a Scottish-born historian, political commentator, and public intellectual. He is also the Lawrence Tisch Professor of History at Harvard. Ferguson graduated from Magdalen College and studied for two years as a Hanseatic Scholar in Hamburg and Berlin. Before joining the Harvard faculty, Ferguson taught at Oxford University and New York University.
A prolific commentator on contemporary politics and economics - he came out in favor of the Iraq War in 2003 &ndash - Ferguson is a contributing editor for the Financial Times and publishes regularly elsewhere in the British and American press. In 2004, Time named him one of the world's hundred most influential people. Ferguson is the bestselling author of the popular histories The Pity of War: Explaining World War One, Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, and The War of the World. Ferguson splits his time between the United Kingdom and the United States.
