Niall Ferguson
Author of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
About the Author
Niall Ferguson was born April 18, 1964, in Glasgow. He is a Scottish historian. He specializes in financial and economic history as well as the history of empire. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and the William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at show more Harvard Business School. His books include Paper and Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation 1897-1927 (1993), Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals (1997), The Pity of War: Explaining World War One (1998), The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild (1998), The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000 (2001), Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power (2003), Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (2004), The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West (2006) and The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World (2008), Civilization: The West and the Rest (2011) , The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die, and The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Niall Ferguson
Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power (2003) 2,443 copies
Paper and Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation, 1897-1927 (1995) 25 copies
The Abyss: World War I and the End of the First Age of Globalization--A Selection from The War of the World (Penguin… (2012) 9 copies
Empires on the Edge of Chaos 2 copies
Harvard Business Review (Special Issue: Managing in the New World - July/August 2009 Double Issue, Volume 87, Number 7… (2009) 2 copies
Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Businsess of Civilizing the Wild West - One Meal at a Time 1 copy
catastrofe 1 copy
Liberating Learning 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Ferguson, Niall
- Legal name
- Ferguson, Niall Campbell Douglas
- Birthdate
- 1964-04-18
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
Scotland - Birthplace
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Places of residence
- USA
- Education
- Magdalen College, University of Oxford (MA| 1985 | D.Phil | 1989)
Glasgow Academy - Occupations
- historian
professor
television presenter - Relationships
- Hirsi Ali, Ayaan (wife)
- Organizations
- University of Cambridge
University of Oxford
New York University
Harvard University
Financial Times
Hoover Institution (show all 8)
London School of Economics
Newsweek - Awards and honors
- Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Arthur Ross Book Award (2016)
Handelszeitung Economics Book Prize (2008)
GetAbstract International Book Award (2009)
Benjamin Franklin Prize for Public Service (2010)
Hayek Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2012) (show all 12)
Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism (2013)
Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize (2013)
Philip Merrill Award (2016)
International Emmy, Best Documentary (2009)
Best Documentary, New York Film Festival (2011)
Wadsworth Prize for Business History (1998)
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- Works
- 42
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 15,951
- Popularity
- #1,420
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 217
- ISBNs
- 386
- Languages
- 23
- Favorited
- 34