Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson

Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe

Niall Ferguson

489 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics challenging informative slow-paced

Description

All disasters are in some sense man-made. Setting the annus horribilis of 2020 in historical perspective, Niall Ferguson explains why we are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters.Disasters are inherently hard to predict. Pandemics, like...

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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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