Civilization: Is the West History?

Niall asks, has the West lost its Protestant work ethic just as others have gained it?

Series 1, Episode Work 6

1:11

Niall explains how the West's consumerist society is flourishing all around the world

Series 1, Episode Consumerism 5

1:05

Niall Ferguson explains how breakthroughs in modern medicine had the power to double life expectancy

Series 1, Episode Medicine 4

1:32

Niall Ferguson explains how a property-owning democracy flourished in North America, but not South America

Series 1, Episode Property 3

1:52

Niall Ferguson asks, how did the Muslim world come to lag behind the West in science?

Series 1, Episode Science 2

0:54

Niall Ferguson introduces his six "killer apps" to a class of school children

Series 1, Episode Competition 1

0:46

Niall Ferguson explains how political and economic competition meant the West came to dominate the rest

Series 1, Episode Competition 1

1:52