Ferguson, Niall. <br/><br/>
The great degeneration :  how institutions decay and economies die / 
Niall Ferguson. 
 - London :  Penguin Books,  c2012. 
 - ix, 173 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Based on the BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures 2012"--Cover. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781846147432 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Regression (Civilization)<br/>Civilization, Western.<br/>Economic history.<br/>Business cycles.<br/>Economics--Political aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>337 FE GR