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Niall Ferguson

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Niall Ferguson is a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and Harvard University's Center for European Studies.

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  1. More Keynesian than Keynes
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    More Keynesian than Keynes

    Jun 1, 2015 Niall Ferguson believes that it is Robert Skidelsky who is propagandizing in their debate over UK austerity.

  2. The Economic Consequences of Mr. Osborne
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    The Economic Consequences of Mr. Osborne

    May 19, 2015 Niall Ferguson rebuts the Keynesian argument that fiscal consolidation has damaged the UK economy.

  3. Rehab World
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    Rehab World

    Jan 8, 2014 Niall Ferguson poses seven questions for a global economy that should recover slowly in 2014.

  4. Civilizing the Marketplace of Ideas
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    Civilizing the Marketplace of Ideas

    Oct 14, 2013 Niall Ferguson on the perils of Paul Krugman

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    A House Gutted by Fire

    Terry Lynn Karl blames the inferno now consuming Los Angeles County squarely on greenhouse-gas emissions.
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    False Economies

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    For decades, an efficiency-centered “economic style” has dominated public policy, overriding the concerns for fairness that animated the New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. Now, Americans must brace for economic governance that delivers neither efficiency nor fairness, only chaos.

     highlights the high cost of the single-minded focus on efficiency that has come to dominate the discipline.
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    Can US Institutions Withstand Trump 2.0?

    While some observers doubt that US President-elect Donald Trump poses a grave threat to US democracy, others are bracing themselves for the destruction of the country’s constitutional order. With Trump’s inauguration just around the corner, we asked PS commentators how vulnerable US institutions really are.

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    The Climate Policy Pendulum

    Gernot Wagner notes that green technologies retain their many advantages, regardless of national political developments.
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    Could High-Skill Immigration Increase Under Trump?

    Michael R. Strain argues that the recent kerfuffle over foreign workers underscores the president-elect’s pragmatic instincts.
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    What Happened to International Law?

    Eric Posner sees the web of treaties, conventions, and institutions as another victim of the anti-globalization backlash.
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    Europe’s Year of Fundamental Choices

    Ana Palacio considers the complex array of internal and external challenges the European Union must confront in 2025.
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    Texas’s Online Age-Verification Law Must Be Overturned

    Lilian Coral & Prem Trivedi urge the US Supreme Court to protect internet users from legislation posing new privacy and security risks.
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    Revealing an Invisible Health Threat

    Angela Bandemehr & Albert Park tout deployment of hand-held X-ray devices to prevent lead poisoning in low- and middle-income countries.

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