{"product_id":"great-degeneration-book-niall-ferguson-9780143125525","title":"The Great Degeneration","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ascent of Money \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Square and the Tower,\u003c\/i\u003e a searching and provocative examination of the widespread institutional rot that threatens our collective future\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e What causes rich countries to lose their way? Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, increasing inequality, aging populations, antisocial behavior. But what exactly has gone wrong? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues in \u003ci\u003eThe Great Degeneration\u003c\/i\u003e, is that our institutions--the intricate frameworks within which a society can flourish or fail--are degenerating. With characteristic verve and historical insight, Ferguson analyzes the causes of this stagnation and its profound consequences for the future of the West. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Degeneration\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive indictment of an era of negligence and complacency--and to arrest the breakdown of our civilization, Ferguson warns, will take heroic leadership and radical reform.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49578701095185,"sku":"GOR006506561","price":18.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50136573739281,"sku":"CIN0143125524VG","price":4.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50504088650001,"sku":"GOR007033371","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51324961685777,"sku":"CIN0143125524A","price":3.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52102972047633,"sku":"CIN0143125524G","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53028635148561,"sku":"NIN9780143125525","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0143125524.jpg?v=1772706502","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/great-degeneration-book-niall-ferguson-9780143125525","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}