Robert Skidelsky, Author at Asia Times

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

World

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 […]

World

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

World

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

World

The good life after work

by Robert Skidelsky April 21, 2019February 18, 2020

British Prime Minister Theresa May. Photo: Reuters

European 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

World

Is AI the road to serfdom?

by Robert Skidelsky February 22, 2019February 18, 2020

Globalization. Photo: iStock

Beijing, 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

European Union, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, World

Good politics, bad economics

by Robert Skidelsky September 23, 2018

Image: iStock

China, 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

Beijing, 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

European 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

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

World

How economics survived the economic crisis

by Robert Skidelsky January 28, 2018

Man versus machine has been a constant economic theme. Photo: iStock

China, 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

European 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

European 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

France, 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

European Union, Germany, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

Britain’s deepening confusion after June 8 election debacle

by Robert Skidelsky June 21, 2017

Photo: Flickr

European 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

European Union, Russia, United Kingdom, World

Russia’s nonprofit spies

by Robert Skidelsky March 30, 2017March 29, 2017

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