Niall Ferguson Sees European Financial `Cuban Missile Crisis'

Niall Ferguson sees China growing at 4%

A Conversation with Peter Thiel and Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson: Greek Default Only Matter of Time

Back home after some serious hobnobbing at Davos, Niall "my friends call me Nigel" Ferguson pontificates on Europe from the hallowed halls of Harvard.

The obligatory Niall (my friends call me Nigel) Ferguson video from Davos

Niall Ferguson interview with Tom Keene (Dec 8, 2011)

Mighty Niall (apparently his close friends call him Nigel) chats with Tom Keene (aka Chatty Cathy) on Bloomberg:

Niall Ferguson interview on Bloomberg

Niall Ferguson on Europe Debt Crisis, ECB, Germany

Niall Ferguson on the Colbert Report

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Niall Ferguson interview on the Wall Street Journal

Niall Ferguson interview with Henry Blodget on the Daily Ticker

Fresh off his take-down of Jeffrey Sachs on Fareed Zarkaria's GPS show, Niall now tackles the US debt and deficits. Taking on huge new debts assuming that rates will remain low forever is akin to playing "Russian Roulette" he says.

Niall Ferguson and Jeffrey Sachs get into it on Fareed Zarkaria

Niall isn't a shy man, and he rips into Sachs for (as he sees it) blaming Wall Street and the 1% for all our troubles today. He actually calls Sachs a "demagogue". He sees the real problem as declining social mobility.

Things start getting interesting at the 2:55 minute mark.

New interviews with Niall Ferguson

Ferguson is an original thinker who is always provocative and well worth listening to. As Consuleo Mack puts it, he definitely has the gift of gab.

Financial Thought Leader Niall Ferguson discusses why the centuries long dominance of Western economic and political power is waning and what the United States needs to do prevent it from slipping even more.

In his recent book, "Civilization: The West and the Rest," Ferguson attributes the dominance of the West over the East to the following six "killer apps":

1. Competition

2. Science

3. Property Rights

4. Modern medicine

5. Consumer Society

6. Work Ethic

Niall Ferguson on the six "killer apps" of Western civilisation by intelligence2

The Financial Crisis: Will It Lead to America's Decline?

Niall Ferguson at the Aspen Institute, January 2011

Niall Ferguson at the Peterson Institute

From May 13, 2010

Fiscal Crises and Imperial Collapses: Historical Perspective on Current Predicaments