John Maynard Keynes 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman

Name: John Maynard Keynes 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman
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ISBN: 9780143036159

ISBN-10: 0143036157

ISBN-13: 9780143036159

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert Skidelsky

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Robert Skidelskys three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes has been acclaimed as the authoritative account of the great economist-statesmans life. Here, Skidelsky has revised and abridged his magnum opus into one definitive book, which examines in its entirety the intellectual and ideological journey that led an extraordinarily gifted young man to concern himself with the practical problems of an age overshadowed by war. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, John Maynard Keynesoffers a sympathetic account of the life and influences of a passionate visionary and an invaluable insight into the economic philosophy that still remains at the center of political and economic…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1104
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.43" long x 1.81" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

Robert Skidelsky, a professor of political economy at Warwick University, is also the author of Politicians and the Slump and Oswald Mosley.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Duty and Goodness



Dynastic Origins



Cambridge Civilisation: Sidgwick and Marshall



Growing up in Cambridge



Eton



The Cambridge Undergraduate



My Early Beliefs



Cambridge and London



Lytton, Duncan, Maynard



On the Brink



Pre-war Economic Interests



Private Lives



An Indian Summer



The End of Innocence



Adapting to War



Keynes and the First World War



Touch and Go



Zigzagging: Keynes at the Paris Peace Conference



Civilisation under Threat



The Economic Consequences of the War



Keynes in the 1920s



The Transition to Peace



Probability and Goodness



Russian and German Affairs



Monetary Reform



The Cross of Gold



Gold and Marriage



Keynes's Middle Way



Working with Lloyd George



The Riddle of Savings



The Slump



The Economist to the Rescue



Portrait of an Unusual Economist



The Practical Visionary



New Deals



Firing at the Moon



Paying for the War



Curing Invalidism



The Middle Way in War



The Dragons of War



Envoy Extraordinary



Keynes in Wartime



Better Than Last Time



Keynes's 'New Order'



The Strange Case of Harry Dexter White



Building a Better Britain



The Great Compromise



The American Way of Business



The Last Battle



Temptation



Averting a Financial Dunkirk



The Light is Gone


Epilogue: Keynes's Legacy


Bibliography and Sources


References


Dramatis Personae


Index