In 1930 the great economist Keynes predicted that, over the next century, income would rise steadily, people's basic needs would be met and no one would have to work more than fifteen hours a week. Why was he wrong?
Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His three volume biography of John Maynard Keynes (1983, 1992, 2000) received numerous prizes, including the Lionel Gelber Prize for International Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations Prize for International Relations. He was made a life peer in 1991, and aFellow of the British Academy in 1994. Edward Skidelsky is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Exeter. He is author of Ernst Cassirer: The Last Philosopher of Culture and contributes regularly to the New Statesman and Prospect. He is currently working on a book entitled The Language of the Virtues.
A crisp and pungent book
*Prospect*
"How much is enough?" is a good question. Anyone who sets store by
capitalism and markets will find [this] book uncomfortable reading.
It should be read all the same
*Economist*
A truly innovative and radical perspective on reshaping the economy
... thought-stirring and extremely refreshing
*Guardian*
A welcome call to reinvigorate society's ethical aspect and bring
about the good life for everyone
*New Yorker*
In their thoughtful book, the Skidelskys move seamlessly from the
abstract to the concrete; from philosophy to public policy. They
note that Keynes's futuristic essay was ignored as the world sank
into the Great Depression. Will we again ignore this call to
imagine a better future?
*Independent*
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