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The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die Book

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-09-01 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Export The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today. it seems: slowing growth. crushing debts. aging populations . anti-social behaviour. But what exactly is amiss with Western civilization The answer. Niall Ferguson argues. is that our institutions - the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail - are degenerating. Representative government. the free market. the rule of law and civil society: these were once the four pillars of West European and North American societies. It was these institutions. rather than any geographical or climatic advantages. that set the West on the path to global dominance after around 1500. In our time . however. these institutions have deteriorated in disturbing ways. Our democracies have b...Read More

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  • 1846147433
  • 9781846147432
  • Niall Ferguson
  • 1 September 2012
  • Allen Lane
  • Paperback (Book)
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