Lecture and Discussion with Lord Robert Skidelsky Lord Robert Skidelsky has given a lecture at the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM) on Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 18:00 CET in Vienna. In contemporary discussions about the future of artificial intelligence we often lose our heads. While economists offer bleak predictions of mass job losses … Continue reading The Future of Work: Is Artificial Intelligence a New Road to Serfdom?
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The Dream of Machinery: Liberation versus Control
Lord Robert Skidelsky will be holding a lecture on The Dream of Machinery: Liberation versus Control at the IWM (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen) in Vienna on Tuesday the 15th March.
“The Ukrainian Crisis:A brief history lesson”
Lord Robert Skidelsky will be lecturing on "The Ukrainian Crisis:A brief history lesson" on Thursday 10th March at Brighton College.
“Why Keynes?”
Lord Robert Skidelsky will be lecturing on “Why Keynes?” on Wednesday, June 15, 6 pm at Innsbruck University
Lessons for the Left, 1997 – 2018
A lecture given at King's College London, under the auspices of the Political Economy Forum i. Labour’s Relationship with Keynes Labour has always been set a higher standard on the economy than the Conservatives: they’ve had to be more orthodox, more competent, more successful to win equal praise or escape equal blame. The reason is … Continue reading Lessons for the Left, 1997 – 2018
Money and Government: a lecture at the LSE, 17 September 2018
i. Over the weekend, just ten years ago, the investment firm Lehman Bros collapsed, and the world economy collapsed after it. I feel a little reluctant to add to the torrent of words trying to read the runes of this catastrophe for the better management of affairs in the future. But, by chance or cunning, … Continue reading Money and Government: a lecture at the LSE, 17 September 2018
How Much Is Enough? – a speech at the Bruno Kreisky Forum, October 2013
When we experience a great shock - when our world, the world - goes off an unpleasant, unforeseen tangent - it is natural to try to interrogate our situation. Why did it happen? What were we doing wrong? Perhaps we were on the wrong track? We also search for new wisdom from half-forgotten fragments of … Continue reading How Much Is Enough? – a speech at the Bruno Kreisky Forum, October 2013
St Paul’s Institute debate series: The City and the Common Good
In May 2013 Lord Skidelsky spoke in a debate for the St Paul's Institute's lecture series on The City and the Common Good. Now you can listen to the debate at: audioboo.fm/boos/1922083-the-city-and-the-common-good-good-money-with-robert-skidelsky-2013
Russia in the World
Speech at EBRD Business Forum, May 21st 2007 Russia’s integration into the world economy has been based on energy. Energy is predominant both in its domestic economy and foreign trade. In 2006, oil and gas made up 40% of GDP, and 60% of Russia’s exports. Since 2000 rising oil export revenues have been the main … Continue reading Russia in the World
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