Interviews
Why We Study History
Niall discusses the difference between English and Scottish pessimism, what James Bond and Doctor Who have in common, how religion fosters doomsday scenarios, which side of the Glorious Revolution he would have been on, why historians seem to have an excessive occupation with leadership, why American bands could never quite get punk music right, Tocqueville’s insights on liberalism, what he learned about populism on a trip to Latin America, and the importance of intellectual succession and institutions.
The New Language of Politics | Centre for Policy Studies
How should the politicians speak to their voters in the most effective way? What issues matter the most to the British public?
Doom: A Conversation with Niall Ferguson | Manhattan Institute
As a deadly pandemic and civil unrest swept across the world last year, “unprecedented” became the word of the hour. While 2020 was an uncommon year, the tendency to think that our time has no historical analogue is a common error—one that can have serious consequences if it causes us to ignore the lessons of the past.
Why Nobody Talks About The Economy Anymore
Niall joins Fox Nation's ‘Tucker Carlson Today.’
How We Can Build Resilience | Thought Economics
Niall Ferguson about how we should think about disasters & catastrophe and how society can (and should) be better prepared.
The Politics of Catastrophe
Niall joins us the Intelligence Squared stage to explain the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Doom, Disaster, and Democracy
We’re getting worse, not better, at handling disasters like the pandemic. This is the argument Niall lays out in his new book “Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe”, which sets 2020 into wider context and asks why many countries’ initial responses to coronavirus were too slow. Niall speaks with Walter Isaacson about how we got here and what the next big disaster might be.
US/China cold war could be a good thing | Spectator
Niall Ferguson, a history professor at Stanford University tells Cindy Yu that a 'happy and cordial relationship' with the Chinese government is not possible.
Politics and Policies of the Pandemic
In this wide-ranging discussion, Ferguson describes what governments and leaders got right and got wrong—very wrong—over the 15 months since the coronavirus spread from China. What lessons can we learn from this pandemic that can be applied to or even prevent the next one?
Politics and Prose Live | DOOM in conversation with Gillian Tett
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.