Maynard Keynes : An Economist's Biography

ISBN-13: 9780415127110 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 992 str.

Donald E. Moggridge

Opis

John Maynard Keynes, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, made an important contribution to public affairs and to Britain's cultural life. D.E. Moggridge takes a look at the man and his achievements. He traces Keynes' career on all levels, from academic Cambridge, to artistic Bloomsbury, to official Whitehall and to the City. Particular attention is paid to the role of Lydia Lopokova, the Russian ballerina, whom Keynes married in 1925. She provided Keynes with the stability that took him from being a successful academic economist to creating two pioneer works of economic theory, A Treatise on Money (1930) and The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936).

Recenzje

`Moggridge has written a fine book about a famous economist.' - The CP?

`He writes throughout with a great sureness of touch... combining an outsider's perspective with an instinctive insider's knowledge. It is an admirable biography, long but single-volume, comprehensive and minutely informed...wise and readable' - Roy Jenkins, The Observer

`Keynes firmly believed that economists' lives were worth studying as a way of illuminating their ideas; and Donald Moggridge's monumental new biography does this quite brilliantly for 'JMK' himself' - Niall Ferguson, The Daily Mail

`... this volume of nearly 1000 pages is unlikely to be superseded in scope or accuracy.' - Political Studies

`... indisputably a major contribution to understanding Keynes.' - John Davis, Economics and Philosophy

O autorze

Donald Moggridge