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John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946 : economist, philosopher, statesman /
Skidelsky, Robert, 1939-
John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946 : economist, philosopher, statesman / Robert Skidelsky. - New York : Penguin Books, 2005. - xxxi, 1021 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
"This compiled and abridged one-volume edition first published in the U.K. by Pan Books ... 2003"--T.p. 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]"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 855-885) and index.
Contents:
List of Illustrations xi;
Acknowledgements xiv;
Introduction xix;
PART ONE: DUTY AND GOODNESS:
1. Dynastic Origins 3;
2. Cambridge Civilisation: Sidgwick and Marshall 20;
3. Growing up in Cambridge 31;
4. Eton 47;
5. The Cambridge Undergraduate 66;
6. My Early Beliefs 85;
7. Cambridge and London 99;
8. Lytton, Duncan, Maynard 112;
PART TWO: ON THE BRINK:
9. Pre-war Economic Interests 125;
10. Private Lives 137;
11. An Indian Summer 156;
PART THREE: THE END OF INNOCENCE:
12. Adapting to War 175;
13. Keynes and the First World War 186;
14. Touch and Go 197;
15. Zigzagging: Keynes at the Paris Peace Conference 217;
16. Civilisation under Threat 233;
PART FOUR: THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR:
17. Keynes in the 1920s 253;
18. The Transition to Peace 268;
19. Probability and Goodness 283;
20. Russian and German Affairs 295;
21. Monetary Reform 316;
PART FIVE: THE CROSS OF GOLD:
22. Gold and Marriage;
23. Keynes's Middle Way 364;
24. Working with Lloyd George 376;
25. The Riddle of Savings 391;
26. The Slump 414;
PART SIX: THE ECONOMIST TO THE RESCUE:
27. Portrait of an Unusual Economist 455;
28. The Practical Visionary 473;
29. New Deals 501;
30. Firing at the Moon 528;
PART SEVEN: PAYING FOR THE WAR:
31. Curing Invalidism 555;
32. The Middle Way in War 583;
33. The Dragons of War 599;
34. Envoy Extraordinary 613;
35. Keynes in Wartime 640;
PART EIGHT: BETTER THAN LAST TIME:
36. Keynes's New Order 669;
37. The Strange Case of Harry Dexter White 692;
38. Building a Better Britain 708;
39. The Great Compromise 730;
40. The American Way of Business 756;
PART NINE: THE LAST BATTLE:
41. Temptation 779;
42. Averting a Financial Dunkirk 793;
43. The Light is Gone 825;
Epilogue: Keynes's Legacy 836;
Bibliography and Sources 855;
References 886;
Dramatis Personae 944;
Index 994.
0143036157 (pbk.) 9780143036159 (pbk.)
2005045877
Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946.
Economists--Great Britain--Biography.
330.156092
John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946 : economist, philosopher, statesman / Robert Skidelsky. - New York : Penguin Books, 2005. - xxxi, 1021 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
"This compiled and abridged one-volume edition first published in the U.K. by Pan Books ... 2003"--T.p. 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]"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 855-885) and index.
Contents:
List of Illustrations xi;
Acknowledgements xiv;
Introduction xix;
PART ONE: DUTY AND GOODNESS:
1. Dynastic Origins 3;
2. Cambridge Civilisation: Sidgwick and Marshall 20;
3. Growing up in Cambridge 31;
4. Eton 47;
5. The Cambridge Undergraduate 66;
6. My Early Beliefs 85;
7. Cambridge and London 99;
8. Lytton, Duncan, Maynard 112;
PART TWO: ON THE BRINK:
9. Pre-war Economic Interests 125;
10. Private Lives 137;
11. An Indian Summer 156;
PART THREE: THE END OF INNOCENCE:
12. Adapting to War 175;
13. Keynes and the First World War 186;
14. Touch and Go 197;
15. Zigzagging: Keynes at the Paris Peace Conference 217;
16. Civilisation under Threat 233;
PART FOUR: THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR:
17. Keynes in the 1920s 253;
18. The Transition to Peace 268;
19. Probability and Goodness 283;
20. Russian and German Affairs 295;
21. Monetary Reform 316;
PART FIVE: THE CROSS OF GOLD:
22. Gold and Marriage;
23. Keynes's Middle Way 364;
24. Working with Lloyd George 376;
25. The Riddle of Savings 391;
26. The Slump 414;
PART SIX: THE ECONOMIST TO THE RESCUE:
27. Portrait of an Unusual Economist 455;
28. The Practical Visionary 473;
29. New Deals 501;
30. Firing at the Moon 528;
PART SEVEN: PAYING FOR THE WAR:
31. Curing Invalidism 555;
32. The Middle Way in War 583;
33. The Dragons of War 599;
34. Envoy Extraordinary 613;
35. Keynes in Wartime 640;
PART EIGHT: BETTER THAN LAST TIME:
36. Keynes's New Order 669;
37. The Strange Case of Harry Dexter White 692;
38. Building a Better Britain 708;
39. The Great Compromise 730;
40. The American Way of Business 756;
PART NINE: THE LAST BATTLE:
41. Temptation 779;
42. Averting a Financial Dunkirk 793;
43. The Light is Gone 825;
Epilogue: Keynes's Legacy 836;
Bibliography and Sources 855;
References 886;
Dramatis Personae 944;
Index 994.
0143036157 (pbk.) 9780143036159 (pbk.)
2005045877
Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946.
Economists--Great Britain--Biography.
330.156092