Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson is a preeminent historian that has challenged how we think about money, power, civilization and empires. Niall is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, a Senior Faculty Fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, and a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. He was a former Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and CES Resident Faculty. Niall is the author of sixteen books, an accomplished biographer, and an award-winning filmmaker. His six-part television series "The Ascent of Money" based on his bestseller, won an International Emmy for best documentary. His books chronicle a wide range of political and socio-economic events - from German politics during the era of inflation to a financial history of the world. In addition, Niall is the Founder and Managing Director of Greenmantle LLC, a New York-based advisory firm; and Co-founding Board Member of Ualá, a Latin American financial technology company.
HONORS & RECOGNITIONS
2016 Philip Merrill Award
2015 Boston Public Library Literary Light
2013 Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism
2012 Hayek Prize for Lifetime Achievement
2010 Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Service
AFFILIATIONS
Trustee, London-based Center for Policy Studies
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
He is a prolific and often controversial commentator on contemporary politics and economics.
He frequently writes, reviews, and hosts for the British and American press.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision and 2021 Real Vision Festival of Learning.
BOOKS
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist
The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
Civilization: The West and the Rest
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World
Virtual History: What Could Have Been
The Pity of War 1914 - 1918
The House of Rothschild: Money Prophets 1798 - 1848
The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849 - 1999
Paper & Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation 1897 - 1927