The Case for Compensated Free Trade
touts a proposed global system that would allow protectionism while avoiding tariff wars.
Robert Skidelsky
Robert Skidelsky, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University and a fellow of the British Academy in history and economics, is a member of the British House of Lords. 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.
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The Brexit Endgame
foresees a scenario in which messy pragmatism wins out over ideological purity.
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Good Politics, Bad Economics
argues that liberalism must be decoupled from market fundamentalism if it is to regain credibility.
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Protectionism for Liberals
argues that globalization has made the link between free trade and free politics entirely spurious.
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The British History of Brexit
is unpersuaded that crashing out of the EU in March 2019 would be economically catastrophic for Britain.
