Niall Ferguson: Chinese More Committed to Capitalism

October 22, 2010 -- In a panel about getting America back from the depths of economic despair at The Daily Beast's Innovators Summit in New Orleans, Niall Ferguson, historian and Harvard Business School professor, told Sir Harold Evans that, "The Chinese are more committed to capitalism than we are."

Niall Ferguson on U.S. Fiscal Policy, Tax Cuts, Economy

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Niall Ferguson, a history professor at Harvard University, talks about tax cuts, the U.S. economy and the Obama administration's fiscal policy. Ferguson speaks with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Niall Ferguson - The Ascent of Money - Q&A Session

Q&A from the followin event:

Harvard professor Niall Ferguson sets out to explain how Planet Finance came to dominate Planet Earth.

Economic Warnings From Niall Ferguson and Nassim Taleb

Two widely respected economic commentators, Harvard's Niall Ferguson and Nassim "black swan" Taleb, have offered highly pessimistic assessments of what lies ahead for the American economy. Information like this is widely ignored by investors in weeks... FULL ARTICLE AT THE MARKET ORACLE

Niall Ferguson Greece in Death Spiral Europe Still in Deep, Deep Trouble

Niall Ferguson : The whole (EU) thing will fall apart

Unlike the US dollar , the Euro is a a single currency based on a monetary union without a fiscal union , says Harvard Professor Niall Ferguson , when the Germans were asked early this year to bailout the Greeks they said No why should we , so there is no mechanism to transfer the wealth from the wealthier states in the EU to the poorest ones ....Harvard professor Niall Ferguson who just returned from Athens Greece says that Europe has still not dealt sufficiently with what started the euro crisis -- Greece. Even after a trillion-dollar bailout from the ECB, IMF and European countries its problem is completely still unresolved."Greek economy is contracting at a really high rate, there's no sign of recovery. If anything, it’s a death spiral." Niall Ferguson says

Niall Ferguson vs Paul Krugman

Austerity vs Stimulus

Niall Ferguson,Professor at Harvard University and Author of Ascent Of Money & High Financier says Paul Krugman's idea that more spending will help the US economy is 'nuts'.Paul Krugman Economic Nobel prize said early this week "we are now I fear in the early stages of a third depression"

Niall Ferguson vs Nouriel Roubini

Niall Ferguson Nervous About European Banks

"I've been nervous about European banks for quite a long time," Niall Ferguson, Harvard University professor, told CNBC Tuesday. The Greek crisis revealed the limits of European governments' ability to bail out banks if need be, Ferguson added.