Persuasion is an online community dedicated to free speech and an open mind about ideas. In this conversation, they talk to Niall Ferguson about his book, “Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe.” It is dedicated to discussing the myriad of voices dedicated to scaring the public about one issue or another in order to gain power.
Described as “the most brilliant British historian of his generation” by The Times, Niall Ferguson argues that governments must learn to become less bureaucratic if we are to avoid the impending doom of disasters in his book, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe.