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Economies Evolve, Too
Publication Date: January 2008
Publisher(s): Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Author(s): Niall Ferguson
Funder(s): Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Funder(s): Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Topic: Economics (Economic conditions)
Keywords: Economy; Charles Darwin; Economics
Type: Brief
Abstract:
Niall Ferguson compares the "evolution" of economies and financial practices to Darwin's theory of evolution in nature, addressing the big question for our time: are we on the brink of a “great dying"?
This essay appeared in the Financial Times on December 14, 2007.