Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson is a British economic historian and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Milken Institute. He has held chairs at Oxford, Harvard, and Stanford. His books include "The Pity of War" (WWI), "Empire" (British Empire), "The Ascent of Money," "Kissinger" (biography), and "Doom" (catastrophes). His historical work spans economic history, imperial history, and financial history, with a focus on counterfactual analysis and large-scale structural forces. He is a credible source on Western and global history.