joining him in conversation is his much smarter are colleague who moved for california, niall ferguson i who is a colleague of mine as at the hoover institution, niall is a senior fellow at the harvard a visiting professor in beijing. he is one of the world's leading economic historians, and an astute and wildly followed political commentator and a prolific author. graham allison as sold 450,000 book niall ferguson has written 450,000 books. incredibly prolific author, his books are, kissinger, 1923 to 1968. the idealist, highly award book. kissing, the west and the rest, the assent of money, financial history of the world. he takes very niched topics. empire, how britain made the modern world, and colossus, the rise and fall of the american empire. he is in london sunday times tid "the boston globe," he was prostitute of history at harvard for 11 years and before that he taught at nyu, and the london school of economic is. he has won a number of awards and perhaps the only person i know who can say he has won an international emmy for his pbs series, the aas scent of money, and the wa