ISBN 978-1-846-14448-6. “How Much is Enough? The Love of Money, and the Case for the Good Life” by Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky was published by Allen Lane (Penguin Group) in 2012. Robert and Edward are a father & son team; Robert is Professor of Political Economy whilst Edward is a lecturer in Philosophy. This work combines their interests and starts with Robert’s three volume biography of John Maynard Keynes. Their argument follows a torturous alternative path to a conclusion that we can all agree with: the pursuit of money, as an end in itself, is destructive. The Skidelskys propose a more paternalistic (less utilitarian) approach to economic management that helps us all focus on our quality of living. In their words “the good life”.
“How Much is Enough?” by Robert & Edward Skidelsky
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ISBN 978 1 84813 992 3. “Debunking Economics – The Naked Emperor Dethroned?” (Revised and Expanded Edition) by Steve Keen was published by Zed Books in 2011 (from an original 2001 edition). Reading this book is continuation of a journey we started with Ha-Joon Chang’s “Bad Samaritans” and continued up until “The Spirit Level” by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett. In this journey we asked one simple question: what if everything that was wrong about this world boiled down to economics? One of the best answers we have found was in “