Keynes in Action: Truth and Expediency in Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9781009255011 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 230 str.

Peter (University of Cambridge) Clarke

Opis

Uses an accessible narrative frame to explore key issues – like truth, probability, expediency, pragmatism – in Keynes's unique career.

Recenzje

'A sparkling and learned exploration of Keynes's beliefs about probability, truth, and expediency.' Richard Toye, University of Exeter

Spis treści

Introduction; 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.