# The 6 killer apps of prosperity

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2011
- Speaker: Niall Ferguson
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/niall_ferguson_the_6_killer_apps_of_prosperity)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable.

## Lectures

1. [The 6 killer apps of prosperity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/niall_ferguson_the_6_killer_apps_of_prosperity/d832b46d79ec), 20 min (TED's player)