HeyJaredNiall Ferguson's Time Machine
Niall Ferguson's Time Machine applies historical perspective to contemporary problems in economics and politics, because the further back you look, the further ahead you can see.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 12
- Latest publication
- Sep 29, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 22, 2026
Latest issues
Taiwan’s Slow Squeeze, Ukraine’s Long War (opens the original)
Read excerpt
https://plus.hoover.org/plus/research/taiwans-slow-squeeze-ukraines-long-warAmerica’s complicated relationship with China doesn’t lack for subplots – tariffs, territorial designs, human rights and espionage. But does the superpowers’ Cold War-like competition over artificial intelligence supersede all other U.S.-Sino concerns? On the eve of the year’s second Trump-Xi summit, Hoover fellow Eyck Freymann discusses the state of the superpowers’ rivalry and the possibility of a Chinese move on Taiwa
Is Peace at Hand in Ukraine? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="683" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mboA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F15686b5f-6108-42f5-ad1f-8fd3df7c3540_1024x683.jpe
AIpocalypse Now (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="983" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ybpr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb966a50c-e822-4430-8e83-4c680870d65b_1024x983.jpe
9/11 Did Not Doom the American Empire (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1821" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eEr3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F78c345c5-e495-4bfc-8d8e-48c6586cf565_1900x2376.
Taxing Billionaires, 9/11, and the Lessons We Forgot (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Is the progressive dream of wealth taxes soon to be reality – or a fiscal and economic nightmare – should voters approve Proposition 40 and a one-time 5% tax on the holdings of the Golden State’s billionaire class? And 25 years after one of the darkest days in the republic’s history, what is the legacy of the 9/11 attacks on America?
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.