The great degeneration how institutions decay and economies die
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 institut...
| Main Author: | Ferguson, Niall. |
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| Other Authors: | Slack, Paul. |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Prince Frederick, Md.] :
Recorded Books,
p2013.
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| Edition: | Unabridged. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
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 institutions₇the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail--are degenerating. |
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| Item Description: |
Title from web page. Subtitle from container. Compact discs. Duration: 4:15:00. |
| Physical Description: |
4 sound discs (ca. 255 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
9781470351304 1470351307 9781470367657 1470367653 |
| Author Notes: |
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) |