Book by historian Niall Ferguson (2021) examining the history of human catastrophes—pandemics, wars, famines, financial crises—and asking why institutions so frequently fail to avert or manage them. Written partly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Applies Ferguson's comparative historical method to the question of institutional failure and disaster management, arguing that network structures and political cultures determine outcomes.
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