A historian is battling all the time to remember as much as possible. Niall Ferguson battlehistorianremember Change image and share on social
Only in England would 'professor gets divorced and remarried' be a story. Niall Ferguson divorceenglandprofessor Change image and share on social
As a teacher, my strategy is to encourage questioning. I'm the least authoritarian professor you'll ever meet. Niall Ferguson authoritarianencouragemeet 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
I can't imagine having a conversation about 'Celebrity Big Brother' in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Niall Ferguson bigbrothercambridge Change image and share on social
The great thing about behavioural psychology and economics is that they help us to see that there are actually pretty good reasons why human beings swing from greed to fear, and why we're not really calculating machines or utility-maximisers. Niall Ferguson behaviouralbeingcalculate share on social
The debate that I'm interested in having is with seriously smart people about how we design institutions in the 21st century that will genuinely address problems of poverty and educational underachievement. Niall Ferguson 21staddresscentury 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
