Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil.,

is a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford, and the Center for European Studies, Harvard.

He has authored fourteen books and his 2011 feature-length film Kissinger won the New York International Film Festival’s prize for best documentary. His PBS series The Ascent of Money won the International Emmy for best documentary. His many prizes and awards include the Benjamin Franklin Prize for Public Service (2010), the Hayek Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2012), the Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism (2013), and the Philip Merrill Award for Outstanding Contributions to Liberal Arts Education (2016). He writes a weekly column for the London Sunday Times and the Boston Globe.

Full Biography

Finance & Economics

What’s really in it for Britain?

Politics

Scotland’s No echoes Europe’s Yes to grand coalitions

Miscellany

Networks and Hierarchies

Politics

A populism spurned by the downturn’s discontents

Finance & Economics

Niall Ferguson: America’s Global Retreat

Finance & Economics

Mexico’s Economic Reform Breakout

Finance & Economics

Get Off the Budget Treadmill

Finance & Economics

The U.S. and China Both Need Economic Rehab

Video

Miscellany

Krugtron the Invincible, Part 3

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Miscellany

Krugtron the Invincible, Part 2

Miscellany

Krugtron the Invincible, Part 1

Finance & Economics

Niall Ferguson: The Shutdown Is a Sideshow. Debt…

Politics

Ukraine’s Bumpy Road to Europe

Politics

The Left’s Irrational Fear of American Intervention

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Video

Journalism

The End of the American Dream

Journalism

How America Lost Its Way

Video

Journalism

Margaret Thatcher: Right about nearly everything

Video

Miscellany

On the teaching of history, Michael Gove is…

Finance & Economics

Currency wars are best fought quietly

History

Turning Points

Politics

The Losing Habit

Politics

What Biden Doesn’t Want You to Know

Politics

Europe’s New Fascists

Finance & Economics

All the Asian Rage

Politics

Obama’s Mideast Meltdown

Politics

Why Obama Is Winning

Finance & Economics

The Fed’s Dirty Easy Money

Video

Politics

Obama’s Gotta Go

Miscellany

Lights Out in India

Miscellany

Don’t Believe the Techno-Utopian Hype

History

The Cure for Our Economy’s Stationary State

Finance & Economics

How Barclays Bank Lost Its Head

Video

Politics

Israeli Dangers From Syria and Egypt

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China Should Intervene in Syria, Not America

Politics

How Europe Could Cost Obama the Election

Finance & Economics

Berlin is ignoring the lessons of the 1930s

Politics

Obama’s Unfair Shot

Finance & Economics

London’s Last Waltz

Politics

The European Farce

Politics

Merkel can achieve fiscal union in Europe

Finance & Economics

How Africa Is Primed for Economic Take Off

History

Henry Kissinger Coming Home to Harvard

Politics

Low Approval and Fragile Economy Spell Obama Reelection…

Politics

How a Terror Attack Saved French President Nicolas…

Finance & Economics

Niall Ferguson on China’s Great Leap Backward

Finance & Economics

The British Prime Minister Is Coming to America

Finance & Economics

Why Naughty Newt Gingrich Would Lose to Our…

Finance & Economics

Niall Ferguson Endorses Mitt Romney for President

Finance & Economics

2021: The New Europe

Finance & Economics

Why E.U. collapse is more likely than the…

Finance & Economics

Dangers Follow From Congress’s Coming Cuts to Defense…

Finance & Economics

Europe’s Disaster Is Headed Our Way

Finance & Economics

America’s ‘Oh Sh*T!’ Moment

Finance & Economics

Yes, Wall Street Helps the Poor

Finance & Economics

Blame the Baby Boomers

Journalism

The Geniuses We’ll Never Know

Finance & Economics

World on Wi-Fire

Finance & Economics

You Were Expecting Statehood?

Finance & Economics

Texting Makes U Stupid

Finance & Economics

What If 9/11 Had Never Happened?

Finance & Economics

In Gaddafi’s Wake

Video

Politics

WANTED: A Grand Strategy for America

Video

Finance & Economics

In China’s Orbit

Finance & Economics

Today’s Keynesians have Learnt Nothing

Finance & Economics

The People’s Banker

Finance & Economics

To do ‘God’s work’, Bankers need Morals

Finance & Economics

ALP’s knight is a Thief in Rusty Armour

Finance & Economics

End of the Euro

Politics

The Unappealing Choices after an Inconclusive Election

Finance & Economics

How to take Moral Hazard out of Banking

Finance & Economics

An Empire at Risk

Finance & Economics

The Great Wallop

Finance & Economics

Why a Lehman deal would not have saved…

Finance & Economics

WALL STREET’S NEW GILDED AGE

History

The Year the World Really Changed

Finance & Economics

There’s no such thing as too big to…

Finance & Economics

A runaway deficit may soon test Obama’s luck

Finance & Economics

‘Chimerica’ is Headed for Divorce

Politics

Do not count on the Tories winning just…

Finance & Economics

Diminished Returns

Finance & Economics

A Bit of Blather with Bookworms then it’s…

Finance & Economics

Corrupt, Amoral Politicians. An Economy Sinking in Terrifying…

Finance & Economics

An Interview with Niall Ferguson

Finance & Economics

Our Great Recession

Finance & Economics

Beyond the Age of Leverage: New Banks Must…

Finance & Economics

Beyond the Age of Leverage: Alternative Cures for…

Finance & Economics

Wall Street Lays Another Egg

Finance & Economics

An imaginary retrospective of 2009