Robert Skidelsky, economic historian, 1939-2026
The biographer of Keynes straddled disciplines and political parties in a lengthy and often controversial career
The biographer of Keynes straddled disciplines and political parties in a lengthy and often controversial career

He was among the most influential macroeconomists of his generation

Why write about markets at all?

Economists have been proposing fixes to structural problems created by an international reserve currency since the 1940s

History suggests the political approach ends in unsustainable debt and lower GDP

Experts are struggling in a less predictable world rife with simple and popular answers

As the original private equity barbarian reaches milestone, the FT interviews its founders and their successors