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Universal man : the lives of John Maynard Keynes / Richard Davenport-Hines.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (Richard Peter Treadwell), 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946.
- Keynes, John Maynard.
- Keynesian economics.
- Economists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Economists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (429 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Seven lives of John Maynard Keynes
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Universal Man, noted biographer and historian Richard Davenport-Hines revives our understanding of John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), the twentieth century's most charismatic and revolutionary economist. Keynes helped FDR launch the New Deal, saved Britain from financial crisis twice over the course of two World Wars, and instructed Western nations on how to protect themselves from revolutionary unrest, economic instability, high unemployment, and social dissolution. Isaiah Berlin called Keynes "the cleverest man I ever knew"-both "superior and intellectually awe-inspiring." Eric Hobsbawm, th
- Contents:
- CHAPTER 1-ALTRUIST; CHAPTER 2-BOY PRODIGY; CHAPTER 3-OFFICIAL; CHAPTER 4-PUBLIC MAN; CHAPTER 5-LOVER; CHAPTER 6-CONNOISSEUR; CHAPTER 7-ENVOY; Acknowledgements; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 12, 2015).
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