Niall Ferguson

5 days ago | niallferguson.substack.com | Niall Ferguson

It is five years since the world economy suffered a devastating shock caused by a virus from China. You may think the analogy strange, but we are marking the fifth anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic with a very similar shock to the world economy, which is manifesting itself in very similar ways. Numbers of passengers flying to the US from abroad have plunged. Ships full of goods bound for America have been halted. All over the US, companies will soon start to raise prices and shed employees.

6 days ago | thetimes.com | Niall Ferguson

1 week ago | niallferguson.substack.com | Niall Ferguson

In A Minecraft Movie, five characters, including a fat American played by Jack Black, stumble through a disused mine in Idaho into a fantastical land where mining, construction, and manufacturing are fabulously easy. Simple, docile villagers subsist on vegetables, and there’s a bit of a nocturnal crime problem. But you can throw together a castle for yourself—not to mention giant steel nunchucks—in seconds. It is awesome.

2 weeks ago | thefp.com | Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson: Trump’s Tariffs and the End of American EmpireThe president stands as much chance of reindustrializing the U.S. as you do of getting your frozen laptop to work by smashing the motherboard with a ‘Minecraft’ hammer. In A Minecraft Movie, five characters, including a fat American played by Jack Black, stumble through a disused mine in Idaho into a fantastical land where mining, construction, and manufacturing are fabulously easy.

2 weeks ago | myemail.constantcontact.com | Alexander Ward |Victor Davis Hanson |Niall Ferguson |John Deni

​Quotes of the Day: "If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you." – George Bernard Shaw "The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." - Maximilien Robespierre “Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid, meant to say, or write anything against this, or that opinion, are often paths to gratify, or rather to appease the anger of those who cannot abide independent minds.” –...