Empires with Expiration Dates

Deepak Lal, one of the most insightful classical liberal writers over the past quarter century as evidenced by such books as Unintended Consequences and Reviving the Invisible Hand, also published In Praise of Empires. 

Perhaps the most important thinker defending the role of empires in creating the modern world is Niall Ferguson.  Ferguson argues in the most recent issue of Foreign Policy that while empires might drive history, over the past century they have only had a fleeting existence.

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Some pungent comments by Deepak Lal on the Western "lords of third world poverty" and their malign influence.
http://catallaxyfiles.com/?p=1896