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Robert Skidelsky

Robert Skidelsky

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The Language of Political Control

LONDON – Language shapes our thinking and perception of the world and, consequently, what happens in it. That is why I worry less about the...

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Post-Capitalist Pessimism

LONDON – In 2003, the literary critic Fredric Jameson famously observed that “it is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of...

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The UK Labour Party’s Green-Energy Debacle

LONDON – Following months of speculation and infighting, the United Kingdom’s Labour Party has officially abandoned its pledge to borrow £28...

19.02.2024 10

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Robert Skidelsky on Keynes, AI, the future of work, and more

Project Syndicate: Last year, you lamented the reversion of contemporary policy discussions to “the age-old standoff between market-based...

06.02.2024 50

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Britain’s Post Office Scandal and the Rule of Law

LONDON – A new TV drama has brought to light one of the greatest injustices in the history of the United Kingdom, prompting a long-overdue public...

18.01.2024 30

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How to Prevent an AI Apocalypse

LONDON – A little over a year ago, the San Francisco-based OpenAI released its chatbot, ChatGPT, triggering an artificial-intelligence gold rush and...

19.12.2023 30

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Peacekeeping, Past and Present

LONDON – The world was a relatively peaceful place during the nineteenth century. Aside from the American Civil War and China’s Taiping Rebellion,...

20.11.2023 10

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Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Rich

LONDON – Reading this fall’s selection of new nonfiction books, one cannot help but recall W.B. Yeats’ prescient lines from The Second Coming:...

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The New Anatomy of Britain

LONDON – Anthony Sampson’s Anatomy of Britain , published in 1962, was a profound and scholarly work that appeared at a time when the perception...

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