Essays on John Maynard Keynes [Paperback]

The book is a biography by many authors.The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes's early life and his relations with 'Bloomsbury' and Cambridge, the second with his major contributions to economics and to British and world affairs, and the third deals with various aspects of his life and work which reveal the immense range of his intellectual and other interests.The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes's early life and his relations with 'Bloomsbury' and Cambridge, the second with his major contributions to economics and to British and world affairs, and the third deals with various aspects of his life and work which reveal the immense range of his intellectual and other interests.The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes's early life and his relations with 'Bloomsbury' and Cambridge, the second with his major contributions to economics and to British and world affairs (written for the general reader as well as for economists), and the third deals with various aspects of his life and work which reveal the immense range of his intellectual and other interests. The book is, in effect, a biography by many authors.Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chronology and Bibliography; Contributors; Part I: 1. Maynard and Lydia Keynes Milo Keynes; 2. A personal view Austin Robinson; 3. A private view by a Cabinet Minister, 1919 Earl of Crawford and Balcarres; 4. The early years Geoffrey Keynes; 5. The undergraduate C. R. Fay; 6. The Kingsman George Rylands; 7. On loving Lydia Richard Buckle; 8. The Bloomsbury Group Paul Levy; Part II: 9. The influence of Keynes on the economics of his time D. E. Moggridge; 10. The Keynesian Revolution James Meade; 11. The reception of the Keynesian Revoll³W