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The Great Degeneration by Niall Ferguson — WisdomDeck honest review
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The Great Degeneration

by Niall Ferguson

Short lectures on how Western institutions, democracy, capitalism, law, civil society, are decaying. Compact and alarmed.

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  1. Institutions decay.
  2. Debt is intergenerational theft.
  3. Renew civil society.

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Institutional decay.

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