Reader’s Corner: Niall Ferguson’s ‘Doom’

In his newest book, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe, historian Niall Ferguson tries to produce a sweeping history of how miserably humans tend to respond to catastrophes. The results are not entirely successful. My review is at PopMatters: Readers will find two Fergusons on display. Besides the conservative columnist who picks fights in periodicals in …

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Published on May 03, 2021 09:45
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