Universal man : the seven lives of John Maynard Keynes
Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (Richard Peter Treadwell), 1953-2015
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Published in time to mark the 70th anniversary of the death of John Maynard Keynes, this thematic biography revives our understanding of the 20th century's most charismatic and revolutionary economist, a man whose ideas continue to influence global finance today. From the bestselling and award-winning author of `An English Affair', a dazzlingly original thematic biography which throws fresh light on the greatest economist of the twentieth century. John Maynard Keynes is the man who saved Britain from financial crisis not once but twice - over the course of two World Wars. He remains a highly influential figure, nearly 70 years after his death. But who was he? In this entertaining biography, Richard Davenport-Hines gives us the man behind the economics: the connoisseur, intellectual, public official and statesman who was equally at ease socialising with the Bloomsbury Group as he was persuading prime ministers and presidents. By exploring the desires and experiences that made Keynes think as he did, Davenport-Hines reveals the aesthetic basis of Keynesian economics, and explores why the ideas of this Great Briton continue to resonate so powerfully today.
Main title:
Universal man : the seven lives of John Maynard Keynes / Richard Davenport-Hines.
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Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2015.
Collation:
xii, 418 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780007519828 (pbk)
Dewey class:
330.156092B
LC class:
HB99.7
Language:
English
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BRN:
336811