Robert Skidelsky, economic historian, 1939-2026
The biographer of Keynes straddled disciplines and political parties in a lengthy and often controversial career
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The essence of economics
Why write about markets at all?
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Economists have been proposing fixes to structural problems created by an international reserve currency since the 1940s
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History suggests the political approach ends in unsustainable debt and lower GDP
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Experts are struggling in a less predictable world rife with simple and popular answers
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As the original private equity barbarian reaches milestone, the FT interviews its founders and their successors