Robert Skidelsky

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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About the Speech: In his presentation to the IIEA Lord Skidelsky drew on his extensive knowledge of and output on Keynes, including his three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes, which is widely considered the definitive work on Keynes, and his 2009 book 'Keynes: The Return of the Master', to provide an argument for a Keynesian response to the current economic crisis. About the Speaker: Lord Robert Skidelsky is a leading public intellectual in Britain. He is an economic historian,...

Lord Robert Skidelsky of the University of Warwick delivered his first lecture as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large on April 18, 2012. The talk, 'The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the Future of International Relations,' was given as part of the Einaudi Center's Foreign Policy Distinguished Speaker Series.

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