The great degeneration : how institutions decay and economies die /
By: Ferguson, Niall
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin Books, c2012.Description: ix, 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781846147432Subject(s): Regression (Civilization) | Civilization, Western | Economic history | Business cycles | Economics -- Political aspectsDDC classification: 337 FE GR Online resources: Location Map
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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. The author argues that our institutions - the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail - are degenerating.
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| 337 EC CO The contemporary global economy : | 337 EC ON Economic nationalism in a globalizing world / | 337 EN ER Energy, capitalism and world order : | 337 FE GR The great degeneration : | 337 FR LE The Lexus and the olive tree : | 337 FR LE The Lexus and the olive tree : | 337 FR PU The puzzle of twenty-first-century globalization : |
"Based on the BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures 2012"--Cover.
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. The author argues that our institutions - the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail - are degenerating.