Robert Skidelsky.
Britain Since 1900: A Success Story?.
London: Vintage Books (The Random House Group Ltd.), 2014.
Book Information:Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.
In the preface Skidelsky notes that Britain Since 1900 originated as a shorter essay in the book:
A World by Itself: A History of the British Isles, edited by Jonathan Clark, London: William Heinemann, 2010; London: Pimlico, 2011 (both imprints of The Random House Group Ltd.).
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Other essays from that book have appeared as separately published volumes:
- John Gillingham, Conquests, Catastrophe and Recovery: Britain and Ireland 1066-1485, London: Vintage Books, 2014.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.] - Jonathan Clark, From Restoration to Reform: The British Isles 1660-1832, London: Vintage Books, 2014.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.] - William D. Rubinstein, The World Hegemon: The British Isles 1832-1914, London: Vintage Books, 2015.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.]
Author Information:
- Robert Skidelsky, his official website, with links to talks, papers, etc.
- Robert Skidelsky, Institute for New Economic Thinking.
- Robert Skidelsky, Wikipedia.
- Lord Skidelsky, House of Lords.
Book Reviews:
- Owen Hatherley, Book Review, The Guardian, 10 April 2015.
- Paul Addison, Top down, Times Literary Supplement, 15 July 2015. (subscription required)
Vernon Bogdanor has delivered a series of excellent lectures on the history of Britain during the Twentieth Century:
"Britain in the Twentieth Century," Gresham College, London, 2010-2012.
Some Talks by Robert Skidelsky:
(While the book Britain Since 1900 consists mostly of general political and social history, and less economic history than one might expect given the author, most of the following talks are on economics. As of October 2015 I have not found any video of Skidelsky discussing the book Britain Since 1900.)
2009
- Robert Skidelsky, "Big Think Interview," Big Think, 2009.
(Interview at the Big Think website.)
Robert Skidelsky, Keynes: The Return of the Master, London: Allen Lane / Penguin Group and New York: PublicAffairs / Perseus Books Group, 2009.
[Publisher UK; Publisher USA; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.] - Robert Skidelsky, "Keynes and the Crisis of Capitalism," London School of Economics, 07 October 2009.
(Event webpage at LSE; Video webpage at LSE.)
- Robert Skidelsky, "Interpreting the Great Depression: Hayek versus Keynes," Institute for New Economic Thinking, 08 April 2010.
Discussion after Skidelsky's and others' talks.
(The Economic Crisis and the Crisis in Economics, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Kings College, University of Cambridge, 8-11 April 2010. This webpage has links to the conference program, PDFs of talks, and videos. YouTube playlist of conference videos.) - Robert Skidelsky and Nicholas Phillipson, "The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on human nature, social progress and economic change," London School of Economics, 06 October 2010.
(Event webpage at LSE; Video webpage at LSE.)
Nicholas Phillipson, Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life, New Haven: Yale University Press and London: Penguin Books, 2010.
[Publisher, UK; Publisher, USA; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.]
Robert Skidelsky, John Maynard Keynes 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman, London: Penguin Books, 2003.
[Publisher, UK; Publisher, USA; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.]
- Robert A. Johnson, "INET's Interview with Robert Skidelsky," Institute for New Economic Thinking, February 2011.
- Robert Skidelsky, Leanne Ussher and Barry Eichengreen, "What Can We Learn from the Past in Designing the Future?" (Part 1 of 4), Institute for New Economic Thinking, 09 April 2011.
Part 2 of 4: Leanne Ussher;
Part 3 of 4: Barry Eichengreen;
Part 4 of 4: Discussion + Q&A.
(Crisis & Renewal: International Political Economy at the Crossroads, Bretton Woods Conference 2011, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Mount Washington Hotel, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, 8-11 April 2011. This webpage has links to the conference program, PDFs of talks, and videos. YouTube playlist of conference videos not ordered by the conference schedule.) - Robert Skidelsky and Paul Jay, "Keynes, Crisis and Monopoly Capitalism," The Real News, 29 April 2011.
(Interview webpage at The Real News with transcript.) - George Selgin, Robert Skidelsky, Duncan Weldon, Jamie Whyte, "Keynes v Hayek," London School of Economics, 26 July 2011.
Introductory preparations last until time 7:29.
(Event webpage at LSE; Video webpage at LSE; BBC Radio 4 webpage for broadcast version.)
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), Wikipedia.
Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992), Wikipedia.
- Robert Skidelsky, "The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the Future of International Relations," Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University, 18 April 2012.
(Video webpage at Cornell University; Cornell news article on the talk.)
Beginning around time 1:08:25 Skidelsky answers a question by describing the factors that caused the decline of Britain as a world power. - Robert Skidelsky, "Robert Skidelsky on the Eurozone Crisis," "Robert Skidelsky on European Growth," Social Europe Journal, June 2012.
- Robert Skidelsky and (discussant) Maurice Glasman, "How Much is Enough? Work, Money and the Good Life," London School of Economics, 04 July 2012.
(Event webpage at LSE; Audio webpage at LSE.)
See also the LSE event on 29 October 2013 below.
Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky, How Much is Enough? Money and the Good Life, London: Penguin, 2012; New York: Other Press, 2012.
[Publisher UK; Publisher USA; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.] - Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky, "How Much Is Enough?" RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), London, 2012.
(The RSA.)
- Daniel Stedman Jones and (discussants) Mark Pennington, Robert Skidelsky, "Masters of the Universe: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics," London School of Economics, 16 January 2013.
(Event webpage at LSE; Video webpage at LSE.)
Daniel Stedman Jones, Masters of the Universe: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics, Princeton University Press, 2012, 2014.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Robert Skidelsky, Stephanie Flanders, Tarek El Diwany, Paul Sharma, Ann Pettifor, "Good Money Debate," the second debate in the series The City and the Common Good, St. Paul's Institute, London, 07 May 2013.
(The City and the Common Good article on the Event Series at St. Paul's Institute;
The City and the Common Good, April May June 2013, series report PDF;
Good People Debate, 11 April 2013: the first debate in this series; Good People Seminar, 15 April 2013;
Good Money Debate, 7 May 2013: the second debate in this series; Good Money Seminar, 5 June 2013;
Good Banks Debate, 12 June 2013: the third debate in this series; Good Banks Seminar, 24 June 2013;
St. Paul's Institute; CCLA.) - Robert Skidelsky and (discussant) Maurice Glasman, "Work as a Value," London School of Economics, 29 October 2013.
(Event webpage at LSE; Video webpage at LSE.)
Keynes's essay "Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren" (1930) is included in his Essays in Persuasion (1931) [Norton edition 1963; Macmillan edition 2010] and you may find copies on the internet.
Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky, How Much is Enough? Money and the Good Life, London: Penguin, 2012; New York: Other Press, 2012.
[Publisher UK; Publisher USA; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.] - Robert Skidelsky, "The Experience of Austerity: The UK," Minsky Conference in Greece, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, 09 November 2013.
(Conference Program.)
- Robert Skidelsky, "The Future of Work," 12th International Post Keynesian Conference, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 27 September 2014.
(Conference Schedule; Post Keynesian Conference YouTube playlist.) - Robert Skidelsky, "Economics after the Crash: What Should Students be Taught?" 12th International Post Keynesian Conference, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 27 September 2014.
The introduction to Skidelsky's talk begins at time 15:40. - Robert Skidelsky, "Media and Society," School of Civic Education, Golitsyno, Russia, 13 December 2014.
Skidelsky comments on the Valdai speech of Vladimir Putin 24 October 2014; Putin's Speech, video; Putin's Speech, text.
Skidelsky's brief talk is followed by a question and answer session on Russian relations with the EU, UK, USA. This video is very interesting in showing Skidelsky explaining the West to a room full of Russians.
- Robert Skidelsky, "Distribution as a Macro Economic Issue," FT Masterclass Lecture, Leeds University Business School, 06 May 2015.
(Event webpage at Leeds University Business School.) - Robert Skidelsky, "The Failure of Austerity," SPERI Annual Lecture, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, The University of Sheffield, 19 May 2015.
(Event announcement at SPERI; Video webpage at SPERI.) - Professor Lord Skidelsky, Unsettled Questions in Macroeconomics, Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Spring 2015.
Lecture 1: The Anatomy of the Crisis
Lecture 2: Monetary Policy
Lecture 3: Fiscal Policy
Lecture 4: What to do about the Banks?
Lecture 5: Distribution as a Macroeconomic Problem
Lecture 6: The Sources of Economics Ideas
Some Wikipedia Articles:
- History of the United Kingdom : Early 20th century.
- Edwardian era (1901-1914).
- History of the United Kingdom during World War I (1914-1918). ~~~
- History of the United Kingdom : Interwar era (1918-1939).
- Great Depression in the United Kingdom. ~~~
- History of the United Kingdom : Second World War. ~~~
- Economic history of the United Kingdom : 1900-1945.
- Social history of England : 20th century.
- William Beveridge, Social Insurance and Allied Services, (commonly known as the Beveridge Report), 1942.
Extract from The Beveridge Report, Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
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- History of the United Kingdom : Postwar.
- History of the United Kingdom (1945–present) (political narrative).
- Postwar Britain (1945-present). ~~~
- Post–World War II economic expansion.
- Post-war consensus.
- Economic history of the United Kingdom : 1945 to 2001.
- Social history of England : Since 1945. ~~~
- British Empire.
- Economy of the United Kingdom. Component Nations of the United Kingdom:
- History of England : 20th and 21st centuries.
- History of Scotland : Early 20th century.
- History of Scotland : Postwar.
- Modern history of Wales.
- History of Northern Ireland.
- Ulster : History. Prime Ministers:
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury, (June 1895 – July 1902)
- Arthur Balfour (July 1902 – December 1905)
- Henry Campbell-Bannerman (December 1905 – April 1908)
- H. H. Asquith (April 1908 – December 1916)
- David Lloyd George (December 1916 – October 1922)
- Bonar Law (October 1922 – May 1923)
- Stanley Baldwin (May 1923 – January 1924)
- Ramsay MacDonald (January 1924 – November 1924)
- Stanley Baldwin (November 1924 – June 1929)
- Ramsay MacDonald (June 1929 – June 1935)
- Stanley Baldwin (June 1935 – May 1937)
- Neville Chamberlain (May 1937 – May 1940)
- Winston Churchill (May 1940 – July 1945)
- Clement Attlee (July 1945 - October 1951)
- Winston Churchill (October 1951 - April 1955)
- Anthony Eden (April 1955 - January 1957)
- Harold Macmillan (January 1957 - October 1963)
- Alec Douglas-Home (October 1963 - October 1964)
- Harold Wilson (October 1964 - June 1970)
- Edward Heath (June 1970 - March 1974)
- Harold Wilson (March 1974 - April 1976)
- James Callaghan (April 1976 - May 1979)
- Margaret Thatcher (May 1979 - November 1990)
- John Major (November 1990 – May 1997)
- Tony Blair (May 1997 – June 2007)
- Gordon Brown (June 2007 – May 2010)
Other books on Britain noted in this blog:
- Beckett, When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies (2009).
- Turner, Crisis? What Crisis?: Britain in the 1970s (2008).
- Hoggart, The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life (1957; 2009).
- Bronstein & Harris, Empire, State, and Society: Britain since 1830 (2012).
- Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada (1959; 2002).
- Danziger & Gillingham, 1215: The Year of Magna Carta (2003).
- Barlow, Thomas Becket (1990; 2002).