The Great Degeneration
The Great Degeneration A searching and provocative examination of the widespread institutional rot that threatens our collective future §What causes rich countries to lose their way? But what exactly…
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The Great Degeneration
A searching and provocative examination of the widespread institutional rot that threatens our collective future §What causes rich countries to lose their way? But what exactly has gone wrong? Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, increasing inequality, aging populations, antisocial behavior.
With characteristic verve and historical insight, Ferguson analyzes the causes of this stagnation and its profound consequences for the future of the West. The answer, Niall Ferguson argues in The Great Degeneration , is that our institutions - the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail - are degenerating. The Great Degeneration is an incisive indictment of an era of negligence and complacency - and to arrest the breakdown of our civilization, Ferguson warns, will take heroic leadership and radical reform.