Description
Based on an intimate knowledge of the subject and his environment, this biography of the most influential economist of the twentieth century traces Keynes' career on all its many levels. From academic Cambridge, to artistic Bloomsbury, to official Whitehall and to the City, we see the intellectual roots of Keynes' achievements and failures. We also
Table of Contents
PLATES, PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ABBREVIATIONS, 1 FOREBEARS AND CHILDHOOD, 2 ETON, 3 KING'S UNDERGRADUATE, 4 POST-GRADUATE, 5 MOORE AND KEYNES'S EARLY BELIEFS, 6 PROBABILITY, 7 CIVIL SERVANT TO YOUNG DON, 8 THE YOUNG ECONOMIST, 9 BLOOMSBURY, 10 WAR, 11 EXTERNAL FINANCE IN TOTAL WAR, 12 NEGOTIATING THE PEACE, 13 ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE PEACE, 14 ADJUSTMENTS TO A WAY OF LIFE, 15 REPARATIONS AND JOURNALISM, 16 LYDIA AND MAYNARD, 17 THE RETURN TO GOLD, 18 INDUSTRY AND POLITICS, 19 THE EMERGENCE OF THE TREATISE, 20 CRISIS, CRITICISM AND NEW DRECTIONS, 21 TOWARDS THE GENERAL THEORY, 22 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND THE ARTS, 23 FERTILE OF MIND, FRAIL OF BODY, 24 HOW TO PAY FOR THE WAR, 25 'SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX', 26 THE CLEARING UNION, 27 DOMESTIC 'NEW JERUSALEMS', 28 BRETTON WOODS, 29 THE SHADOW OF DEBT, 30 THE LOAN, 31 THE LAST MONTHS, ANNEX 1 – A KEY FOR THE PRURIENT: KEYNES'S LOVES, 1901–15, BIBLIOGRAPHY, DRAMATIS PERSONAE, INDEX
