Archive - Lord Robert Skidelsky’s Substack

Debate: Could war in Ukraine have been avoided?

"Robert Skidelsky argues that the West is partly to blame and John Lough argues that it is not"

Jun 27 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

The Economic Consequences of Rearmament

Note: This is the post promised last week about the economic consequences of European rearmament.

Jun 19 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

Should Europe Rearm?

Note: Below is the first of two posts criticising Britain’s recent Strategic Defence Reviews’ call for British and European rearmament.

Jun 10 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

Robert Skidelsky and Attila Mesterházy Jr.

Jun 5 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

May 2025

Robots as Weapons of War

Note: In my last post on military Keynesianism, I warned against the use of fake threats to justify increased military spending.

May 27 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

Military Keynesianism?

Note: John Maynard Keynes believed that governments should run fiscal deficits when necessary to stimulate growth and employment.

May 15 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

The Lost Peace?

Short Note: As direct talks between Russia and Ukraine seems likely to start in Istanbul, I recall the joint draft agreement between Russia and Ukraine…

May 13 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

The Nation crosspost: Russophobia—an Epidemic Disease?

It is right to be suspicious of Putin’s intentions without falling for the idea that he will never stop.

May 8 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

April 2025

The disaster of Economic Sanctions

Meeting in Paris on 27 March, the ‘coalition of the willing’ (ie Britain and France) promised to ‘accelerate’ and ‘toughen’ economic sanctions against…

Apr 21 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

Could John Maynard Keynes fix Trump’s tariff crisis?

This trade war is really a fight for the future of the dollar. Crossposting from the New Statesman.

Apr 16 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

Europe’s Misguided Interventions

Crossposted from "Brave New Europe"

Apr 1 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

Member of the British House of Lords, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, Warwick University, author of a prize-winning biography of the economist…

Apr 1 •

Lord Robert Skidelsky

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