Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Price of America | 2001 | Niall Ferguson | Buy |
| 2 | Too Big to Live | 2001 | Niall Ferguson | Buy |
| 3 | The End of the Liberal Order? | 2017 | Niall Ferguson | Buy |
This collection includes three of Niall Ferguson’s shorter non-fiction works, each focused on a specific question in economics or international politics. The Price of America (2001) and Too Big to Live (2001) were published in the same year and deal with different aspects of American economic life. Too Big to Live addresses the problem of financial institutions that pose systemic risk to the broader economy.
The End of the Liberal Order? (2017) takes on a question that became especially pressing after the Brexit vote and the 2016 US presidential election: whether the international system built after World War II can survive rising nationalism and populism. These works are shorter and more focused than Ferguson’s major books but show the range of his interests in economics and geopolitics.