REVIEW ESSAY OF NIALL FERGUSON’S CIVILIZATION: THE WEST AND THE REST

Walter E Block

Abstract


Review essay of Ferguson, Niall. 2011. Civilization: The West and the Rest. Penguin Books, 403 pages. Why has the west done better than the rest of the world in terms of economic development? Ferguson (2001) offers six reasons: competition, science, property rights, medicine, consumption and the work ethic. This review agrees with all except for this emphasis on Keynesian consumption, but finds much more with which to disagree.

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Economics, history, development, imperialism

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