A historian is battling all the time to remember as much as possible. Niall Ferguson battlehistorianremember Change image and share on social
I think that it is important to be gregarious, and that friendships are not just a leisure pursuit, that they are an integral part of what it is to be human, and one does better work if one has a circle of friends that is active. Niall Ferguson activecirclefriend share on social
Only in England would 'professor gets divorced and remarried' be a story. Niall Ferguson divorceenglandprofessor Change image and share on social
I would say I'm a 19th-century liberal, possibly even an 18th-century one. Niall Ferguson 18th19thcentury Change image and share on social
It's great to see countries like China and India lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty by essentially copying Western ways of doing things. Niall Ferguson chinacopycountry Change image and share on social
The whole point about historians is that we are really communing with the dead. It's very restful - because you read. There's some sociopathic problem that makes me prefer it to human interaction. Niall Ferguson communedeadhistorian Change image and share on social
Risk models are a substitute for historical knowledge, because they tend to work with just three years' worth of data. But three years is not a long time in financial history. Niall Ferguson datumfinancialhistorical Change image and share on social
I can't imagine having a conversation about 'Celebrity Big Brother' in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Niall Ferguson bigbrothercambridge Change image and share on social
If being rightwing is thinking that Karl Marx's doctrine was a catastrophe for humanity, then I'm rightwing. Niall Ferguson catastrophedoctrinehumanity Change image and share on social
Something that's seldom appreciated about me is that I am in sympathy with a great deal of what Marx wrote, except that I'm on the side of the bourgeoisie. Niall Ferguson appreciatebourgeoisiedeal Change image and share on social
