Keynes: The Rise, Fall, and Return of the 20th Century's Most Influential Economist - Softcover

Clarke, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608193969 ISBN 13: 9781608193967

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2012

Synopsis

Historian Peter Clarke provides a timely and masterful account of the life and work of John Maynard Keynes, whose ideas inspired the New Deal and helped rebuild world economies after World War II . Called the "place to begin if you want to understand the economist's personality and charisma" by the New York Times, this insightful, compact text brings Keynes's genius and skepticism alive for an era fraught with economic difficulties that he surely would have relished solving.

Praise for Keynes:

"Clarke has made a contribution to the sociology of knowledge-to the way great ideas are created-that often eludes many of those who write about and sometimes worship Keynes."-Columbia Journalism Review

"There are lessons aplenty to be drawn from Clarke's recitation of the facts of Keynes's life and thought-not least the lunacy of cutting government spending in tough times. A useful, timely primer."-Kirkus Reviews

About this title

About the Author

Peter Clarke was formerly a professor of modern history and Master of Trinity Hall at Cambridge. His many books include The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire, The Keynesian Revolution in the Making, 1924-1936, and the acclaimed final volume of the Penguin History of Britain, Hope and Glory, Britain 1900-2000. He lives in Suffolk, England, and Pender Island, British Columbia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608193969
• ISBN 13: 9781608193967
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 211