Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson is a British and American historian who writes on international, economic and financial history, the history of the British Empire, and American imperialism. His books include The Ascent of Money, a financial history of the world, The War of the World and The Pity of War, both military histories, and Empire and Colossus, which look at imperial power. He is a senior fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard University and the Hoover Institution, and he has also presented television documentary series.