Posted by Matt in April 23rd, 2008 |
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How America Can Survive the Rise of the Rest
Despite some eerie parallels between the position of the United States today and that of the British Empire a century ago, there are key differences. Britain’s decline was driven by bad economics. The United States, in contrast, has the strength and dynamism to continue shaping the world [...]
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Posted by Matt in March 16th, 2007 |
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AT AGE 42, Niall Ferguson has become one of the world’s most famous and provocative historians, with high-profile posts ranging from Harvard to Oxford to Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. Born in Scotland and educated at Oxford, he is not only a prolific author of books, including Colossus (2004), an examination of American empire, and The [...]
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