Saturday
Mar262011
Niall Ferguson
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 12:05AM
Financial Thought Leader Niall Ferguson discusses why the centuries long dominance of Western economic and political power is waning and what the United States needs to do prevent it from slipping even more.
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Greater China’s GDP,
Niall Ferguson,
QE2 effect on commodity prices,
U.S. contribution to world GDP,
Western ascendance,
Western work ethic consumer culture; Industrial Revolution,
educational attainment,
modern medicine,
private property rights as the basis for rule of law,
scientific revolution,
six killer applications: competition,
“Civilization: The West and the Rest”
Greater China’s GDP,
Niall Ferguson,
QE2 effect on commodity prices,
U.S. contribution to world GDP,
Western ascendance,
Western work ethic consumer culture; Industrial Revolution,
educational attainment,
modern medicine,
private property rights as the basis for rule of law,
scientific revolution,
six killer applications: competition,
“Civilization: The West and the Rest” 
