Robert Skidelsky
Lord Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick, and is known for his prize-winning three-volume biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes. He was made a life peer in 1991 and is a Fellow of the British Academy. He is a director of the Moscow School of Political Studies and founder and executive secretary of the UK/Russia Round Table. He is chairman of the Centre for Global Studies and a trustee of the Manhattan Institute. His account of the current economic crisis, Keynes: The Return of the Master, was published by Penguin Allen Lane on 3 September 2009.
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John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman
by Robert Skidelsky
Keynes is back in fashion. In the wake of the financial crisis 10 years ago and now in response to the economic impact of the coronavirus, governments round the world have had to step in to support demand in the economy. It was Keynes who first theorised about why governments should respond in such a way. This single volume biography of Keynes covers his intellectual and public life.
Charles Morris, author and ex-banker commented to us: “What’s so wonderful about Keynes was that he didn’t trust economics. He understood that this was a human study, that it was not a scientific or mathematical study…that economics is a metaphor for complex, semi-random, not very rational human interaction.
Interviews with Robert Skidelsky
The best books on John Maynard Keynes, recommended by Robert Skidelsky
Keynes biographer Robert Skidelsky recommends the best books about one of the most important economists of all time, John Maynard Keynes.
Interviews where books by Robert Skidelsky were recommended
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Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises
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This Time Is Different
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John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman
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A Demon of Our Own Design
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Sources of the Self
by Charles Taylor
The best books on Financial Crashes, recommended by Charles Morris
The best books on Financial Crashes, recommended by Charles Morris
The former banker and author of 12 books on economics says that over the last 30 years economics has been colonising every science. “Even something like education all comes down to incentives”
