
Britain’s Benefit Madness
Apr 16, 2021 criticizes a system of income support that no longer seems able to distinguish fantasy from reality.
Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords, is Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University. The author of a three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes, he began his political career in the Labour party, became the Conservative Party’s spokesman for Treasury affairs in the House of Lords, and was eventually forced out of the Conservative Party for his opposition to NATO’s intervention in Kosovo in 1999.
Apr 16, 2021 criticizes a system of income support that no longer seems able to distinguish fantasy from reality.
Mar 16, 2021 highlights the relevance of John Maynard Keynes’s critique of New Deal policy priorities.
Feb 16, 2021 welcomes policymakers’ belated realization that fiscal stimulus must be central to post-pandemic recovery plans.
Jan 22, 2021 shows why today's heated debates about the past are as much a historiographical matter as a historical one.
Jan 18, 2021 argues that the United Kingdom’s recent departure from the European Union was no historical accident.
Among its many harmful effects, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated long-standing gender inequalities. If leaders are serious about “building back better” and promoting inclusive economies and societies, they must take concrete steps to empower women at home, at work, and in policymaking.