Robert Skidelsky

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...

CNN Content Robert Skidelsky is Co-author of 'How much is enough? Money and the Good Life'. [1] "Money was regarded as the means to the good life. Keynes was the last of a generation of economists that thought this way. He said enough for a good life. He thought technology was bringing that about. That it was producing such increases in wealth that we could have abundance with a fraction of the work. That bit hasn't come about. Our society has become more unequal. He underestimated the...

What has happened to the ideal of the 'good life' in our time? From an economic point of view, we in the West could have begun living the 'good life' -- filled with health, safety, respect, personal development and leisure -- a long time ago, but we haven't, or not sufficiently. Why not? Are there economic barriers, or are we facing a moral or social deficit? Does thinking about a new economic paradigm amount to dangerous idealism, or is it a much-needed realistic answer to the financial...

The credit crunch has fuelled a great deal of soul searching. Two new books tackle the issues head on, one from the perspective of a novel, the other non-fiction. John Lanchester's Capital centres on the residents of a London road who receive a sinister message: 'We Want What You Have'. Robert and Edward Skidelsky's How Much is Enough? is a radical look at our values, what we want from life and the meaning of happiness. John Lanchester's last book was Whoops! Robert Skidelsky is the...

De bezuinigingen werken niet. Europa kent geen economische groei, als beleid deugt het niet stelt Robert Skidelsky, Em. Professor of Political Economy University of Warwick. Skidelsky, auteur van het boek "How much is enough" en gastspreker bij de gelijknamige conferentie van het Nexus-instituut, stelt de morele vraag: wat is goed? We moeten gaan nadenken over de economische en sociale inrichting van de maatschappij op de lange termijn. http://bit.ly/Z8jJJY

Moscow Economic Forum Economy for the man or man for economy: Experience and lessons of BRIC countries Speech of the professor of university Warwick, Robert Skidelsky http://neuromir.tv/

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