Niall Ferguson
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Hard to count the ways in which Niall Ferguson was wrong
I should not have suggested — in an off-the-cuff response that was not part of my presentation — that Keynes was indifferent to the long run because he had no children, nor that he had no children because he was gay. This was doubly stupid. First, it is obvious that people who do not have children also care about future generations. Second, I had forgotten that Keynes's wife Lydia miscarried.
Keynes was a homosexual and had no intention of having children. We are not dead in the long run … our children are our progeny. It is the economic ideals of Keynes that have gotten us into the problems of today.More quotes »
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Book review: Life & Letters: The Spectator Columns by Allan Massie
is not just that he is an intelligent and articulate Scottish conservative – from Malcolm Rifkind to Niall Ferguson Scotland does still have some thinkers on the right – but that he is what used to be called “a man of letters”. The author of 23 novels – ranging from The Scotsman Read more »
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The Flawed Origins of Expansionary Austerity
examined the statistical relationship between debt and growth. They quickly conceded their error. Soon after, the historian Niall Ferguson – also at Harvard – received much flack when, asked to comment on Keynes’ famous phrase, “In the long run we are all from Project Syndicate Read more »
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What to expect when you’re not expecting: a lot of disapproval
it true that the childless don’t give a damn for the planet or its future? That’s the criticism historian Niall Ferguson recently aimed at the late economist John Maynard Keynes, who was bisexual, married and childless: “Keynes was a homosexual and had no from Globe and Mail Read more »
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Pankaj Mishra: nationalist fantasies and a moment of reckoning
Ferguson's threats over a review might have made people question the imperial cheerleader line, says Indian author at writers festival. A couple of years before Niall Ferguson showed his abilities with a shovel by suggesting that John Maynard Keynes’ views from New Zealand Listener Read more »
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L'Esprit de l'Escalier: May 17, 2013
we were always wrong or whether simply the world changed in 2008 in a major way; And there are 20% dead-enders--including Niall Ferguson--who from my perspective at least continue to fail to mark their beliefs to market, in part because they think that doing from Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal Read more »
