Niall Ferguson: Humanity's History of Disaster | The Agenda

Pandemics, earthquakes, eruptions, famines, wars, and wildfires have tormented humanity for eternity. But have we become any better at predicting, learning from, and responding to disasters? Steve Paikin speaks to renowned historian Niall Ferguson about his latest book "Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe," in which he mines the crises of the past to see if humans can create a better, safer future. They also discuss how history can be used both as a tool and a weapon.
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