The Japanese Co-Prosperity Zone began as a racist utopia and ended as a cross between an abbatoir, a plantation and a brothel.
Niall FergusonThe West may collapse very suddenly. Complex civilizations do that, because they operate, most of the time, on the edge of chaos.
Niall FergusonItโs our generation that is witnessing the end of Western predominance. The average American used to be more than 20 times richer than the average Chinese. Now itโs just five times, and soon it will be 2.5 times.
Niall Ferguson