Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson

Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe

Niall Ferguson

472 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative slow-paced

Description

A provocative, original and compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences. Disasters are by their very nature hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises and wars, are not normally distributed; there is no...

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informative 100%
reflective 70%
challenging 60%
dark 40%
hopeful 20%
emotional 10%
lighthearted 10%
tense 10%

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slow 30%

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