Злой рок. Политика катастроф

Razrushitelʹnye zemletri͡asenii͡a, navodnenii͡a, ėpidemii, krizisy, voĭny - na proti͡azhenie vseĭ svoeĭ istorii chelovechestvo stalkivaetsi͡a s razlichnymi katastrofami. Chemu nas nauchili ėti uroki? Naskolʹko khorosho my gotovy k posledui͡ushchim ispytanii͡am? Otvety na ėti voprosy Nial Fergi͡uson, britanskiĭ istorik, pisatelʹ i zhurnalist, ishchet v svoeĭ knige. Na fone ustrashai͡ushcheĭ pandemii COVID-19 on rassuzhdaet o tom, chto nam neobkhodimo sdelatʹ, chtoby v budushchem luchshe spravli͡atʹsi͡a s podobnymi sobytii͡ami ili vovse predotvratitʹ ikh. "...Ėto sochinenie dolzhno stoi͡atʹ na odnoĭ polke s nedavnimi ambit͡sioznymi i mnogogrannymi knigami takikh avtorov, kak Dzhared Daĭmond, Nassim Nikolas Taleb i Stiven Pinker…" (The New York Times Book Review). V 2000 godu zhurnal Time vkli͡uchil Fergi͡usona v TOP-100 samykh vlii͡atelʹnykh li͡udeĭ na planete, a serial "Voskhozhdenie deneg" po ego odnoimennoĭ knige byl udostoen premii "Ėmmi".

Devastating earthquakes, floods, epidemics, crises, wars – throughout its history, humanity has faced various catastrophes. What have these lessons taught us? How well are we prepared for the subsequent tests? Niall Ferguson, a British historian, writer and journalist, is looking for answers to these questions in his book. Against the background of the frightening COVID-19 pandemic, he talks about what we need to do to better cope with such events in the future or prevent them altogether."...This essay should be on the same shelf with recent ambitious and multifaceted books by authors such as Jared Diamond, Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Steven Pinker..." (The New York Times Book Review). In 2000, Time magazine included Ferguson in the TOP 100 most influential people on the planet, and the series "The Rise of Money" based on his book of the same name was awarded an Emmy Award.