Niall Ferguson: How American Civilization Can Avoid Collapse. [he rightly disses india's nehruvian stalinist trajectory]

nov 4th, 2011 CE

 

niall "imperialist" ferguson manages to write an entire rant without mentioning india once.

 

but then, he may be right, given india's precipitate decline towards 1970s style nehruvian stalinist licence raj, thanks to manmohan "honest, decent (TM)" singh and friends.

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From: sanjeev nayyar
Date: Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Subject: Niall Ferguson: How American Civilization Can Avoid Collapse - The Daily Beast
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@smtp.mtnl.net.in

Any nation that believes it is the best is asking for trouble. We need to reinvent ourselves continuously, interact with people locally and globally to keep abreast of and learn from others. We cannot live and think the way we did 20 years or even 5 years ago. Rules of life need to be dynamic. Read comments at end of article.

 

Niall Ferguson: How American Civilization Can Avoid Collapse - The Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/10/30/niall-ferguson-how-american-civilization-can-avoid-collapse.html?obref=obinsite

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