![]() While populist rulers certainly performed poorly in the face of the pandemic, Niall Ferguson argues that more profound pathologies were at work - pathologies already visible in our responses to earlier disasters.ĭrawing from multiple disciplines, including economics and network science, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe offers not just a history but a general theory of disaster. ![]() Yet the responses of many developed countries to a new pathogen from China were badly bungled. But when catastrophe strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck. Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial TimesĪ compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences, from 'the most brilliant British historian of his generation' (The Times)ĭisasters are inherently hard to predict. SHORTLISTED FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE 2022 ![]()
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