Keynes in action : truth and expediency in public policy / Peter Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, P. F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946.

Keynes, John Maynard.

Economists--Great Britain--Biography.

Economists.

Great Britain--Economic policy--21st century.

Great Britain.

Economic policy.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

ix, 265 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"This book offers a distinctive new account of John Maynard Keyes in his historical context. Peter Clarke considers Keynes' public policy role in terms of how his thinking informed his contribution to policy-making as well as the place of expediency in resolving issues of public policy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. What really happened at Paris? Keynes and Dulles

2. What really happened at Paris? The war guilt clause

3. "You are very famous, Maynard": Keynes and the Manchester Guardian

4. The truth about Lloyd George: four perspectives

5. Yielding to Ramsey: probability revisited

6. Yielding to realities: golden rules?

7. Truths between friends: Cambridge and economics

8. Truths between friends: Bloomsbury and politics

9. The road to Bretton Woods: expediency revisited

Conclusion: pragmatic and dogmatic Keynesianism

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781009255011

1009255010

OCLC:

1329422208