great degeneration : how institutions decay and economies die / Niall Ferguson.

By:

Ferguson, Niall

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Penguin Books, 2012.Description: 173pISBN:

9781846147326

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DDC classification:

306.091724 FER-G

Contents:

The human hive -- The Darwinian economy -- The landscape of law -- Civil and uncivil societies.

Summary: The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today, it seems: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations, anti-social behaviour. The author argues that our institutions - the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail - are degenerating

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The human hive --
The Darwinian economy --
The landscape of law --
Civil and uncivil societies.

The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today, it seems: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations, anti-social behaviour. The author argues that our institutions - the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail - are degenerating

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