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Author Archives: Robert Skidelsky

China will push ahead with advanced technology manufacturing. Photo: iStock
Posted inWorld

The economic consequences of automation

by Robert Skidelsky September 19, 2019February 18, 2020

The silent march of automation continues. Most economists view this trend favorably: Technology, they say, may destroy jobs in the short run, but it creates new and better jobs in the longer term. The destruction of jobs is clear and direct: A company automates a conveyor belt, supermarket checkout, or delivery system, keeps one-tenth of […]

Posted inWorld

The fall of the economists’ empire 

by Robert Skidelsky July 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Greek activists display a banner reading "Europeans vs austerity" as they stage a protest opposite the venue of a meeting of the Federation of German Industry (BDI) in Berlin, on September 27, 2011. Photo: AFP / John MacDougall
Posted inWorld

Has austerity been vindicated? 

by Robert Skidelsky May 26, 2019February 18, 2020
A robot is displayed at the Robotics Innovation Center  at the CeBit computer fair in March 2017. Photo: Fabian Bimmer / Reuters
Posted inWorld

The good life after work 

by Robert Skidelsky April 21, 2019February 18, 2020
British Prime Minister Theresa May. Photo: Reuters
Posted inEuropean Union, United Kingdom, World

No choice and no exit for the UK 

by Robert Skidelsky March 21, 2019February 18, 2020
3d rendering robot working with carton boxes on conveyor belt. Photo: iStock
Posted inWorld

Is AI the road to serfdom? 

by Robert Skidelsky February 22, 2019February 18, 2020
Globalization. Photo: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Northeast Asia, World

The case for embracing compensated free trade

by Robert Skidelsky November 16, 2018
Under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungary has become increasingly authoritarian. Photo: AFP/Frederick Florin
Posted inEuropean Union, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, World

Good politics, bad economics

by Robert Skidelsky September 23, 2018
Image: iStock
Posted inChina, European Union, Middle East, World

Protectionism for liberals

by Robert Skidelsky August 15, 2018
US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vietnam, on November 11, 2017. Photo: AFP / Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Italy, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Family values: the growing alliance between Putin and Western populism

by Robert Skidelsky June 27, 2018
'The fact is that human societies have discovered no better way to keep the value of money roughly constant than by relying on central banks,' writes Professor Robert Skidelsky. Photo: Reuters / Kacper Pempel
Posted inEuropean Union, United Kingdom, World

Monetary reform? Flip a coin for the system you want

by Robert Skidelsky May 28, 2018February 18, 2020
3d rendering robot working with carton boxes on conveyor belt. Photo: iStock
Posted inChina, World

How do we cope with robots stealing our jobs?

by Robert Skidelsky April 22, 2018April 22, 2018
The causes of the Great Recession are rarely debated. Illustration: iStock
Posted inWorld

How economics survived the economic crisis 

by Robert Skidelsky January 28, 2018
Man versus machine has been a constant economic theme. Photo: iStock
Posted inChina, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Caught up in an economic race between man and machine

by Robert Skidelsky January 7, 2018February 18, 2020
A mosque on Thornhill Road in the Hyde Park area of Leeds, Britain. Photo: AFP / Steve Parkin
Posted inEuropean Union, United Kingdom, World

Inconvenient truths about migration

by Robert Skidelsky November 25, 2017February 18, 2020
A Mercedes star is pictured at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, southern Germany. Photo: Thomas Kienzle
Posted inEuropean Union, Germany, United Kingdom, World

Who really runs the European Union? Germany, that’s who

by Robert Skidelsky September 23, 2017February 18, 2020
The then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for Time magazine's Time 100 Gala at New York's Lincoln Center on April 26, 2016. Photo: AFP / Timothy A Clary
Posted inFrance, United Kingdom, World

The protocols of Donald J Trump

by Robert Skidelsky July 23, 2017February 18, 2020
Flags are arranged at the EU headquarters in Brussels as the UK and the European Union launch Brexit talks on June 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Francois Lenoir
Posted inEuropean Union, Germany, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Britain’s deepening confusion after June 8 election debacle

by Robert Skidelsky June 21, 2017
Photo: Flickr
Posted inEuropean Union, France, Germany, Italy, World

Populism’s intensifying competition for political space

by Robert Skidelsky May 21, 2017May 25, 2017
Vladimir Putin (left). Photo: Reuters
Posted inEuropean Union, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Russia’s nonprofit spies

by Robert Skidelsky March 30, 2017March 29, 2017

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