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The Boring Twenties
The historian Niall Ferguson sweeps aside pronouncements that we're on the cusp of another 'Roaring Twenties'. The 'Boring Twenties', he reckons, may be more likely.
Niall Ferguson argues that a post-pandemic 'Roaring Twenties' is far from certain.
'There are good reasons to doubt that the 2020s will be roaring in any sense at all, good or bad', he writes. 'Rather the remainder of the decade may prove distinctly boring.'
Reflecting on his own teenage boredom, he believes - for young people - a boring decade would be the biggest disappointment of all.
Producer: Adele Armstrong
(Image: Niall Ferguson. Credit: Dewald Aukema)
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