The Great Degeneration - Niall Ferguson
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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. But what exactly is amiss with Western civilization? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, is that our institutions - the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail - are degenerating.
Representative government, the free market, the rule of law and civil society: these were once the four pillars of West European and North American societies. It was these institutions, rather than any geographical or climatic advantages, that set the West on the path to global dominance after around 1500. In our time, however, these institutions have deteriorated in disturbing ways.
Our democracies have broken the contract between the generations by heaping IOUs on our children and grandchildren. Our markets are increasingly distorted by over-complex regulations that are in fact the disease of which they purport to be the cure. The rule of law has metamorphosed into the rule of lawyers. And civil society has degenerated into uncivil society, where we lazily expect all our problems to be solved by the state.
The Great Degeneration is a powerful - and in places polemical - indictment of an era of negligence and complacency. While the Arab world struggles to adopt democracy, and while China struggles to move from economic liberalization to the rule of law, Europeans and Americans alike are frittering away the institutional inheritance of centuries. To arrest the degeneration of the West’s once dominant civilization, Ferguson warns, will take heroic leadership and radical reform.
This book is based on Niall Ferguson’s 2012 BBC Reith Lectures, which were broadcast under the title ‘The Rule of Law and Its Enemies’.
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This post has 6 comments with rating of 2.8/5
November 27th, 2019
OOPS!Best economy ever….
November 27th, 2019
being quite the degenerate myself, thank you :)
November 27th, 2019
“To arrest the degeneration of the West’s once dominant civilization, Ferguson warns, will take heroic leadership and radical reform.”
Trump! He’s trying, but it’s a battle.
Good book. Bit dry. Excellent post.
November 28th, 2019
… not to menton the regressive effects of leftist liberalism since the 60’s, mass immigration and the fractiousness and economic consequences this causes in stretching resources, and the rise of women in to policy-making positions which has softened Western society (e.g. Merkel and the Swedish Cabinet).
November 28th, 2019
Niall Ferguson, well…. Thanks for the upload any way. Some might find him interesting.
December 12th, 2019
The degeneration is far more than free-market capitalism, it’s about passing such values as personal responsibility, morals, honor, respect, religion and commitment. We have a total breakdown of the family, not just in the definition of the institution, but the commitment itself, and the reluctance to commit. Family is the bedrock of the community, and it’s facing a serious crisis.
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