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Tag: Niall Ferguson

0 Education Politics

SELECTS: The American College Crack-Up - with Niall Ferguson

Call Me Back · 19 Jun 2023

Niall Ferguson discusses the challenges facing American universities, arguing that they have become places of limited intellectual freedom due to a prevailing monoculture.

0 Education Politics

The American College Crack-Up - with Niall Ferguson

Call Me Back · 4 Dec 2021

Historian Niall Ferguson discusses the current crisis in American higher education, arguing that today's environment lacks the academic freedom of previous eras.

0 History Politics

Lessons for the 2020s - With Historian Niall Ferguson

Call Me Back · 26 Nov 2021

Historian Niall Ferguson draws parallels between the current decade and the transformative 1920s and tumultuous 1970s, highlighting lessons for the U.S. in navigating contemporary geopolitical and economic challenges.

0 Politics Culture

Dan Senor’s New Podcast - Call Me Back

Call Me Back · 23 Nov 2021

"Call Me Back" introduces its new format focusing on the transformative issues of the 2020s, providing historical context and insights from prominent guests like historian Niall Ferguson.

0 History Politics

How Will History Judge 2020?

Call Me Back · 31 Dec 2020

Historian Niall Ferguson, in a discussion with Dan, reflects on the historic nature of 2020 and the lessons that can be drawn from past public health crises to navigate the current pandemic.

0 History Politics

The Servile Fanatic: Niall Ferguson’s Grotesque but Telling New Biography of Henry Kissinger

Todd Gitlin in Tablet · 28 Oct 2015

The text critiques historian Niall Ferguson's biography of Henry Kissinger, highlighting how Ferguson portrays Kissinger as a reasonable statesman-hero, ignoring criticisms of his actions such as the invasion of Cambodia.