Niall Ferguson Orden de los libros

Katastrofy jsou ze své podstaty těžko předvídatelné. Neexistuje žádný historický cyklus, který by nám pomohl předvídat příští pandemie, zemětřesení, požáry, finanční krize nebo války. Když však katastrofa udeří, měli bychom být připraveni lépe než Římané, když vybuchl Vesuv,nebo středověcí Italové, když udeřila černá smrt. Koneckonců máme na své straně vědu. Přesto byla v roce 2020 reakce mnoha vyspělých zemí na nový virus z Číny špatně zvládnutá. Proč? Proč se jen několik asijských zemí poučilo ze SARS a MERS? Autor tvrdí, že pandemie odhalila hlubší patologie – patologie, které byly patrné již v našich reakcích na dřívější katastrofy. Kniha čerpá z mnoha oborů, včetně ekonomie, kliodynamiky a vědy o sítích, a nabízí nejen historii, ale i obecnou teorii katastrof a ukazuje, proč se naše stále byrokratičtější a složitější systémy s nimi vyrovnávají čím dál hůře.

Kto pociąga za sznurki, z kim spiskuje i jak zyskuje władzę? Niall Ferguson, jeden z najsławniejszych historyków świata, profesor Uniwersytetów Harvarda, Oxfordu i Stanforda, demaskuje hierarchie i sieci, które wpływają na losy świata Dzięki wszechstronnemu i mistrzowsko napisanemu dziełu autora bestsellerowej Potęgi pieniądza dowiecie się, co łączy hiszpańskich konkwistadorów, bankierów z rodu Rothschildów, dawne żydowskie elity finansowe, inteligencję z czasów zimnej wojny, fundusze George’a Sorosa i współczesnych islamskich terrorystów. To książka, która jako pierwsza oddaje należne miejsce sieciom powiązań – powszechnej od stuleci i zyskującej na popularności dzięki nowym technologiom formie organizowania się, niedocenianej dotąd przez historyczne źródła.

Disasters are inherently hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises. and wars, are not normally distributed; there is no cycle of history to help us anticipate the next catastrophe. But when disaster strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted, or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck. We have science on our side, after all. Yet in 2020 the responses of many developed countries, including the United States, to a new virus from China were badly bungled. Why? Why did only a few Asian countries learn the right lessons from SARS and MERS? While populist leaders certainly performed poorly in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Niall Ferguson argues that more profound pathologies were at work--pathologies already visible in our responses to earlier disasters. In books going back nearly twenty years, including Colossus, The Great Degeneration, and The Square and the Tower, Ferguson has studied the foibles of modern America, from imperial hubris to bureaucratic sclerosis and online fragmentation. Drawing from multiple disciplines, including economics, cliodynamics, and network science, Doom offers not just a history but a general theory of disasters, showing why our ever more bureaucratic and complex systems are getting worse at handling them. Doom is the lesson of history that this country--indeed the West as a whole--urgently needs to learn, if we want to handle the next crisis better, and to avoid the ultimate doom of irreversible decline

Disasters are inherently unpredictable, and pandemics, like other crises, do not follow historical patterns that could help us anticipate them. When disasters occur, we should be better prepared than past societies, thanks to advancements in science. However, the responses of many developed nations to a new pathogen from China were severely mishandled. While poor leadership is an easy scapegoat, the COVID-19 pandemic revealed deeper issues within the administrative state and economic elites, who had become shortsighted over many years. Questions arise about why warnings were ignored and why only a few nations learned from previous outbreaks like SARS and MERS. The appeal to "the science" often devolved into mere wishful thinking. Drawing on history, economics, public health, and network science, this analysis serves as a global examination of the pandemic's impact. The author, Niall Ferguson, explores the pathologies that have caused significant harm, including imperial hubris and bureaucratic inefficiency. COVID-19 exposed failures that must prompt countries to learn from history to avoid the risk of irreversible decline.

Kto pociąga za sznurki, z kim spiskuje i jak zyskuje władzę? Niall Ferguson, jeden z najsławniejszych historyków świata, profesor Uniwersytetów Harvarda, Oxfordu i Stanforda, demaskuje hierarchie i sieci, które wpływają na losy świata Dzięki wszechstronnemu i mistrzowsko napisanemu dziełu autora bestsellerowej Potęgi pieniądza dowiecie się, co łączy hiszpańskich konkwistadorów, bankierów z rodu Rothschildów, dawne żydowskie elity finansowe, inteligencję z czasów zimnej wojny, fundusze George’a Sorosa i współczesnych islamskich terrorystów. To książka, która jako pierwsza oddaje należne miejsce sieciom powiązań – powszechnej od stuleci i zyskującej na popularności dzięki nowym technologiom formie organizowania się, niedocenianej dotąd przez historyczne źródła.

Seit dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs prägte eine zunehmend freiheitliche Weltordnung das politische Geschehen und ermöglichte eine Ära wachsenden globalen Wohlstands und abnehmender internationaler Konflikte. Zum ersten Mal seit dieser letzten Kriegsgeneration erschüttert uns eine neue globale Realität, die nicht mehr durch feste Grenzen, klare nationale Interessen und gesicherte Handelspolitik definiert ist. Der renommierte Geschichtsprofessor Niall Ferguson und der einflussreiche Politikberater Fareed Zakaria loten aus, wer die eigentlichen Nutznießer der Globalisierung sind und zeichnen zwei grundverschiedene Szenarien – eine aufschlussreiche und zukunftsweisende Debatte.

Be it resolved, the liberal international order is over... Since the end of World War II, global affairs have been shaped by three broad trends: the increasing free movement of people and goods, international rules setting, and a broad appreciation of the mutual benefits of a more interconnected, interdependent world. Together these factors defined the liberal international order and sustained an era of rising global prosperity and declining international conflict. But is this order now being supplanted by a new global reality; one defined by the assertion of national borders, national interests and protectionist trade polices? More fundamentally, is liberal internationalism a historical aberration; the product of a unique set of forces that are now in retreat? Or, can it survive these challenges and remain the defining rules-based system of the future? The twentieth semi-annual Munk Debate, held on April 28th, 2017, pits prominent historian Niall Ferguson against CNN's Fareed Zakaria to debate the future of liberal internationalism.

'The most brilliant historian of his generation' The Times Most history is hierarchical- it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives? What if we are missing equally powerful but less visible networks - leaving them to the conspiracy theorists, with their dreams of all-powerful Illuminati? The twenty-first century has been hailed as the Networked Age. But in The Square and the Tower Niall Ferguson argues that social networks are nothing new. From the printers and preachers who made the Reformation to the freemasons who led the American Revolution, it was the networkers who disrupted the old order of popes and kings. Far from being novel, our era is the Second Networked Age, with the computer in the role of the printing press. But networks have a dark side, prone to clustering, contagions, and even outages. And the conflicts of the past already have unnerving parallels today, in the time of Facebook, Islamic State and Trumpworld.

The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papers. No American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger

No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Hailed by some as the 'indispensable man', whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama, Kissinger has also attracted immense hostility from critics who have cast him as an amoral Machiavellian - the ultimate cold-blooded 'realist'. Niall Ferguson has created an extraordinary panorama of Kissinger's world, and a paradigm-shifting reappraisal of the man. Only through knowledge of Kissinger's early life can we understand his debt to the philosophy of idealism. And only by tracing his rise, fall and revival as an adviser to John F. Kennedy, Nelson Rockefeller and, finally, Richard Nixon can we appreciate the magnitude of his contribution to the theory of diplomacy, grand strategy and nuclear deterrence