LONDON – The economic historian Niall Ferguson reminds me of the late Oxford historian A.J.P. Taylor. Though Taylor maintained that he tried to tell the truth in his historical writing, he was quite ready to spin the facts for a good cause.
伦敦—经济史学家尼尔·弗格森（Niall Ferguson）让我想起已故的牛津历史学家泰勒（A.J.P. Taylor）。尽管泰勒在其历史写作中坚持试图述说真相，但他随时准备出于好意采取春秋笔法。弗格森也是了不起的历史学家——但在进入政治领域时有些狂妄。