Niall Ferguson - When East Beats West: The Shifting Balance of Global Economic Power

The keynote lecture of the Harvard Luksic Fellowship 5th Anniversary Celebration, delivered by Niall Ferguson in Zagreb, Croatia on July 5th, 2011. For more information about the Luksic Fellowship for Croatia, visit http://www.hks.harvard.edu/groups/luk....

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[MrBloody32]

Niall comes out at 23:05

[ToolBeing]

Niall Ferguson's actual talk starts t=22m55s.

[giosperfield]

Marketing made Ferguson famous. Booooooring.

[Iamnobodynobody7]

bloody hell they love wasting time

[Bharat Punjabi]

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[Bharat Punjabi]

Ferguson is arrogant and a novice at economic policy. Being an economic historian does not make you an expert at contemporary economic policy. Very few economic historians actually combine expertise in macroeconomics or comparative development with economic history. The Indian scholar, Tirthankar Roy is one. Another uniquely stellar figure is the Dutch scholar, Angus Maddison. Ferguson is a wannabe.

[Bharat Punjabi]

I can show you statistics that argue the other side.

Ferguson is just an apologist for western capital that see more returns in Asia.

[roarodon]

And, I am assuming that you are an expert at history? I am definitely not but I do know enough to disprove your opinion that was advanced in your comment.

[Coltsfan]

Your definition of "always" seems to be 1770-Now. Get a grip. Your arrogance is what destroys empires. Western culture is only dominant now because it was backed up by Western muscle, financial and military, in an age of globalization. As the core erodes, the outer implodes. I agree that Western culture will be the "global" culture for the rest of our lives probably, but that's only because it naturally takes longer to replace that than it will to replace Western hard power (military, economic)

[Coltsfan]

Yeah, I agree. Confucianism, gunpowder, compasses, paper, coal as fuel, natural gas as fuel, fireworks, hydraulics, paper currency, blast furnaces, toothbrushes, cast iron, fishing reels, flamethrowers, grenades, multistage rockets, nail polish, negative numbers, oil wells, playing cards, and menus, among numerous other inventions, were all frivolous, silly Chinese inventions from antiquity. These can't possibly count as evidence of Asian innovation, it would break your racist worldview, right?