Robert Skidelsky

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...

The fifth Israeli Presidential Conference opening ceremony The world has not yet recovered from the global economic crisis that began in 2008. The crisis raises questions about the structure of the economic system and the principles at the foundation of capitalism. Economic gaps, inequality, poverty, and lack of social justice are in stark evidence. Is the economic system loosening the glue that holds society together? To what extent does "economic efficiency" cause economic...

CNN Content 18.06.12 EUROPE (Presenter) Everyone is saying clearly not all euros are created equal. I'm going to put my money in Germany banks, that's the one country that can't default. (Niall Ferguson) If one country leaves it stops being a monetary union and it starts being a currency board. And It's much easier to leave a currency board. Argentina was able to leave the currency board. That's the nightmare scenario that southern European countries are thinking about. It's more...

Entrevista al historiador y economista británico, Robert Skidelsky, en el programa "Los Desayunos" de TVE, emitida el 17 de mayo de 2013, con interpretación de Sergio Cordeiro (español-inglés) y Luis Sarabia (inglés-español)

Second debate in the St Paul's Institute series, held in conjunction with CCLA, entitled 'The City and the Common Good: What kind of City do we want?' held at St Paul's Cathedral on 7th May 2013. Speakers: Robert Skidelsky - Lord Skidelsky, Economic Historian (Keynote) with Tarek El Diwany - Senior Partner, Zest Advisory LLP Ann Pettifor - Director of PRIME (Policy Research in Macroeconomics) Paul Sharma - Deputy Head of the Prudential Regulation Authority Chaired by Stephanie...