John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946 : economist, philosopher, statesman / Robert Skidelsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skidelsky, Robert, 1939-

Contributor:

Skidelsky, Robert, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946.

Keynes, John Maynard.

Economists--Great Britain--Biography.

Economists.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biography.

Biographies

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 1021 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Books, 2005.

Summary:

"John Maynard Keynes was one of the seminal thinkers of the twentieth century, a luminary whose groundbreaking ideas remain even today at the center of political and economic discussion. In this work of clarity and erudition, Robert Skidelsky offers a revised and abridged version of his award-winning three-volume biography of Keynes, which has long been acclaimed as the authoritative account of the great economist-statesman's life. In one definitive volume, Skidelsky examines in its entirely 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. John Maynard Keynes offers a sympathetic account of the life and influences of a passionate visionary."--Jacket.

Contents:

pt. 1. 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

pt. 2. On the brink. Pre-war economic interests ; Privates lives ; An Indian summer

pt. 3. 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

pt. 4. The economic consequences of the war. Keynes in the 1920s ; The transition to peace ; Probability and goodness ; Russian and German affiars ; Monetary reform

pt. 5. The cross of gold. Gold and marriage ; Keyne's middle way ; Working with Lloyd George ; The riddle of savings ; The slump

pt. 6. The economist to the rescue. Portrait of an unusual economist ; The practical visionary ; New deals ; Firing at the moon ; pt. 7. Paying for the war. Curing invalidism ; The middle way in war ; The dragons of war ; Envoy extraordinary ; Keynes in wartime

pt. 8. Better than the 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

pt. 9. The last battle. Temptation ; Averting a financial Dunkirk ; The light is gone

Epilogue : Keynes's legacy.

Notes:

"This compiled and abridged one-volume edition first published in the U.K. by Pan Books ... 2003"--Title page verso.

"A selection of material taken from John Maynard Keynes vol. 1 -- Hopes betrayed (1983) ... vol. 2 -- The economist as saviour (1992) ... vol. 3 -- Fighting for Britain (2000). [London : Macmillan London, 1983-2000]"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 855-885) and index.

Related Work:

Skidelsky, Robert, 1939- John Maynard Keynes.

ISBN:

9780143036159

0143036157

0330488678

9780330488679

OCLC:

58431647

Publisher Number:

90104328441