Is there anything of Niall Ferguson's that is particularly worth while to read?

I know only a little bit about him (I have seen his name pop up a lot since last year after his debate with Paul Krugman, though I'm sure he was notable well before that). So I figured I would look into him.

[Edited on July 17, 2010 at 7:21 PM. Reason : ``]

7/17/2010 7:10:01 PM

Quote :

"'If you're asking if the United States is about to become a socialist state, I'd say it’s actually about to become a European state, with the expansiveness of the welfare system and the progressive tax system like what we've already experienced in Western Europe,' Harvard business and history professor Niall Ferguson declared during Monday's kickoff session, offering a withering critique of Obama's economic policies, which he claimed were encouraging laziness."

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Posted by hooksaw on July 13, 2010.

Ferguson's Web site lists several books by him. He has only popped up on my radar within the last year also, but all of those books look very interesting to me.

http://www.niallferguson.com/site/FERG/Templates/Home.aspx?pageid=1

And Ferguson apparently holds an opinion of Paul Krugman similar to my own:

Niall Ferguson: Paul Krugman's Advice Will Lead Us Down A Road To Ruin
July 12, 2010

Quote :

"One of the hottest feuds in economics today is the one between Harvard Professor Niall Ferguson and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman. The debate represents austerity vs. stimulus, with Krugman, of course, arguing that the U.S. needs to do way more to save the economy. Ferguson notes that his dispute with Krugman isn't even so much about economics -- it's about history. Ferguson is a history professor. And history says pretty clearly that countries with this level of sovereign debt eventually go bust. Ferguson isn't convinced we're totally doomed just yet. And he's not calling for overly violent cuts that will leave us eating cat food. Instead, he just wants to see credible commitments to get spending under control down the road to assure investors that our debt is good, and to convince businesses that they can hire and invest today without worrying about massive tax hikes down the road. Thus in a sense, his call for more austerity is also stimulative."

http://tinyurl.com/37737pe

[Edited on July 18, 2010 at 3:00 AM. Reason : This makes Ferguson aces with me. ]

7/18/2010 2:47:06 AM