{"product_id":"9780141975238","title":"The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die","description":"Author: Ferguson, Niall\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780141975238\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 197mm x 128mm x 11mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003eNiall Ferguson's pithy, digestible polemic on the decline of the West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Degeneration \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ea powerful - and in places polemical - indictment of an era of negligence and complacency. While the Arab world struggles to adopt democracy, and while China struggles to move from economic liberalization to the rule of law, Europeans and Americans alike are frittering away the institutional inheritance of centuries. To arrest the degeneration of the West's once dominant civilization, Ferguson warns, will take heroic leadership and radical reform. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is based on Niall Ferguson's BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures 2012, which were broadcast under the title \u003ci\u003eThe Rule of Law and Its Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44268225953950,"sku":"UBD-9780141975238","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780141975238.jpg?v=1725450324","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780141975238","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}