Topic: Niall Ferguson

Top Picks: Historian Niall Ferguson on PBS, Carole King's demos, and more

National Geographic's digital edition shines on the iPad, an old newsreel shows window washers in 1938, and more top picks.

Can you sue over a bad book review?

Harvard historian and author Niall Ferguson received a bad review from the London Review of Books and now tells the editor he may take legal action.

Obama in London: Ping-pong diplomacy and pomp bolster 'special relationship'

President Obama, on a three-day state visit to London, is stressing what he and Prime Minister Cameron call an 'essential relationship' between the UK and the US.

How do you get 23 economists to agree? Criticize Bernanke.

QE2 got a public rebuke from 23 economists, financial writers, and fund managers via an open letter to Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve.

High Financier

Niall Ferguson examines a German life of privilege, lived through a significant swath of European history.

10 books to help you understand the UK election results

Ten winning books that offer insight – in different ways – into contemporary Britain.

Global Debt: A country-by-country look at spending for growth vs. deficit cutting

A look at the wave of debt crises spreading around the globe.

China vs. America: Which government model will triumph?

If the 20th century was about the competition between democracy and totalitarianism, the 21st century pits the excesses of consumer democracy against capable governance with too little democratic accountability.

Best books of 2009: nonfiction

The nonfiction books we liked best in 2009.

Bestselling paperback books, according to Indie Bound*

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

National parks' fee-free weekends, a money tale from Niall Ferguson, opera for Bellini fans, and more.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Write an inaugural speech for Obama, learn where the real dragons live, listen to Bonnaroo in the dead of winter, and more.

The Ascent of Money

Scottish historian Niall Ferguson explores the links between money and human progress.