Robert Skidelsky

About the Speech: In his first address to the IIEA as President of Ireland, President Michael D. Higgins shared his views on ethics, economics and the significance of their interplay for the future of the EU. He framed his lecture as a reflection on the 2012 book “How Much is Enough? Money and the Good Life” by Lord Robert Skidelsky and Dr. Edward Skidelsky. The President made a strong intellectual case that the current disjunction between mainstream economic theory and ethical reasoning...

Lord Robert Skidelksy's keynote presentation - "The Future of Work." Presented at the 12th International Post Keynesian Conference. Recorded Saturday, September 27, 2014. More details at pkconference.com

Intervention de Lord Robert Skidelsky : Professeur d'économie politique à l'université de Warwick. *Thème "Les politiques économiques devraient-elles avoir d’autres finalités?" Lord Robert Skidelsky : Professeur d'économie politique à l'université de Warwick. http://unioneuropeenne.blogspot.fr/2014/10/report-forumnouveaumonde-2014-1.html

Lord Robert Skidelsky (United Kingdom): Robots and the future of work (Golitsyno, july 2014)

John Maynard Keynes is indelibly linked with Charleston. He wrote his influential and controversial polemic, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, whilst staying in the house and subsequently lived a stroll across a field at Tilton. Apart from his major contribution to the understanding of economics, he was also the founder of the Arts Council. Paul Mason, Cultural and Digital Editor of Channel 4, previously Economics Editor of Newsnight, discusses Keynes in relation to the economic...

Lord Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, University of Warwick "The Experience of Austerity: The UK" English/Greek translation audio files may be streamed here: http://www.levyinstitute.org/news/?ev... To view the full conference program or to download a speaker's presentation, click here: http://www.levyinstitute.org/conferen... The Eurozone Crisis, Greece, and the Experience of Austerity Athens, Greece Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with...

Vom Wachstumswahn zu einer Ökonomie des guten Lebens. 2012 veröffentlichte der wichtigste Keynesbiograf und Ökonom Sir Robert Skidelsky gemeinsam mit seinem Sohn, dem Philosophen Edward Skidelsky, ein Buch, das schnell Furore machte: «Wie viel ist genug? -- Vom Wachstumswahn zu einer Ökonomie des guten Lebens.» Ausgehend von Keynes berühmtem Vortrag «Wirtschaftliche Möglichkeiten für unsere Enkelkinder» fragen sie, warum der Ausstieg aus dem «Hexensabbat» des Kapitalismus nicht gelang und...

A century ago, economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that by now, no-one in Britain would have to work more than 15 hours week because machinery and technology would take the strain... Created With the YouTube Video Editor For the Full Lecture Listen: "Lord Robert Skidelsky on A Keynesian Response to the Crisis" IIEA The Institute of International and European Affairs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R1lEVY5T_c Thanks for YouTube Sharing: /user/IIEA1 Uploaded on Sep 6, 2012 Lord Robert...

Welcome to our new video series titled "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today. This episode features Institute for New Economic Thinking Advisory Board member Robert Skidelsky speaking about the UK economy and how political power influenced economics during the crisis. Despite economists' claims to the contrary, economic theory had little to do with policy...

Long ago, it was written in Ecclesiastes, "What has been will be again... there is nothing new under the sun." If the writer of Ecclesiastes could see the wonders of the smartphone and of spacecraft landing on Mars, would they still stick to their original declaration? There are those who claim that the changes humanity is experiencing are so rapid and acute that relying on historical precedents is not beneficial and can even be harmful in understanding the reality before us. With this in...