Robert Skidelsky: After Globalisation - Return of Fascism & War


Author: Glenn Diesen November 16, 2025 Duration: 38:42
Podcast episode
Robert Skidelsky: After Globalisation - Return of Fascism & War

Lord Robert Skidelsky discusses why the period of globalisation is predictably followed by the lure of fascism and war. Skidelsky is a member of the British House of Lords, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, and the author of a prize-winning three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes. He began his political career in the Labour Party, was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party, and served as the Conservative Party’s spokesman for Treasury affairs in the House of Lords until he was sacked for his opposition to NATO’s 1999 bombing of Kosovo. Since 2001, he has sat in the House of Lords as an independent.Follow Prof. Glenn Diesen: Substack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glenn_DiesenPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/glenndiesen Support the research by Prof. Glenn Diesen: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/glenndiesenBuy me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/gdiesengGo Fund Me: https://gofund.me/09ea012fBooks by Prof. Glenn Diesen: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09FPQ4MDL


More episodes

Duration: 59:05
Nicolai N. Petro is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island, and formerly the US State Department's special assistant for policy on the Soviet Union. Prof. Petro discusses the pending end of th…

Duration: 1:07:18
Guy Mettan is a Swiss journalist, politician and author. We discuss his book "Russophobia".Creating Russophobia: From the Great Religious Schism to Anti-Putin Hysteria: https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Russophobia-Religio…

Duration: 46:43
Prof. Wang Wen discusses China's De-Americanization Strategy, which assumes that US-China relations will improve with some distance between them. Prof. Wang Wen is the Dean & Professor of Chongyang Institute for Financia…

Logo
Select station
VOL