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The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die. Paperback - 2013
by Ferguson, Niall
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Details
- Title The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die.
- Author Ferguson, Niall
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, Qg16a
- Date 2013
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 290366
- ISBN 9780143125525 / 0143125524
- Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 7.83 x 5.12 x 0.51 in (19.89 x 13.00 x 1.30 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Library of Congress subjects Regression (Civilization), Civilization, Western - 21st century
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.091
Summary
A searching and provocative examination of the widespread institutional rot that threatens our collective future
What causes rich countries to lose their way? Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, increasing inequality, aging populations, antisocial behavior. But what exactly has gone wrong? 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. With characteristic verve and historical insight, Ferguson analyzes the causes of this stagnation and its profound consequences for the future of the West. 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.
What causes rich countries to lose their way? Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, increasing inequality, aging populations, antisocial behavior. But what exactly has gone wrong? 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. With characteristic verve and historical insight, Ferguson analyzes the causes of this stagnation and its profound consequences for the future of the West. 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.
