Niall 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.

Niall Ferguson's Time Machine

Trump’s 14 Points: Peace Deal or Epic Fail?
Good Fellows, June 18, 2026
6 hrs ago•Niall Ferguson, John H. Cochrane, and H.R. McMaster

When U.S. sports fans go to a ball game, they are pursuing happiness. But, as Nick Hornby explained in ‘Fever Pitch,’ soccer is entertainment as pain.

Interview with Rafaela Siewert for The Free Press, June 9, 2026

The GoodFellows answer viewer mail

Cold War II and the Rise of Anti-History

With Aaron MacLean on the School of War podcast, recorded at the New York Historical Society on May 19, 2026.

Weeks after the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began, the conflict appears to be at an impasse.

Wars always take much less time to start than you think they will, and last much longer than you thought they could.