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082 _a337 FE GR
100 _aFerguson, Niall.
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245 1 0 _aThe great degeneration :
_bhow institutions decay and economies die /
_cNiall Ferguson.
260 _aLondon :
_bPenguin Books,
_cc2012.
300 _aix, 173 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
500 _a"Based on the BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures 2012"--Cover.
520 _aThe 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.
650 7 _aRegression (Civilization)
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650 7 _aCivilization, Western.
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650 7 _aEconomic history.
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650 7 _aBusiness cycles.
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650 7 _aEconomics
_xPolitical aspects.
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