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A Keynesian beauty contest

Aug 8 2012  John Maynard Keynes, the 20th-century economist, has been back in the news since the crisis started. Lord Skidelsky, historian, economist and Keynes biographer, talks to the FT's economics leader writer Martin Sandbu about the Keynesian concepts currently at work in the markets.  (5m 15sec)
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Produced by Daniel Garrahan. Filmed by Rod Fitzgerald and James MacDonalad
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