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Can Understanding Yesterday Help In Shaping Tomorrow? – Professor Robert Skidelsky

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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 ...

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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 mind, can the study of history provide us with useful insight as to how to manage crises? Resolve conflicts? To better confront present challenges in order to shape a better tomorrow?


Robert Skidelsky
Keynesian economist, crossbench peer in the House of Lords, author of Keynes: the Return of the Master and co-author of How Much Is Enough?

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