Keynes on the Wireless [Hardcover]

This book brings together John Maynard Keynes' infamous BBC wireless broadcasts, specially selected from the Royal Economic Society edition of Keynes' Collected Writings . With an introduction by Donald Moggridge, this unique anthology provides an insight into Keynes' influence and legendary contribution to economics, which still resonates today.The Problem of Unemployment Cancellation/The War Debts Poverty in Plenty The Bank Rate University Men in Business Broadcast on the Slump for CBS Network, USA Unemployment: A Discussion Pros and Cons of Tariffs Roosavelt's Economic Experiments Spending and Saving State Planning Will Rearmament Cure Unemployment The World Economic Conference British Finances After a Year of War Paying for Twelve Month's War Should Saving be Compulsory? Tax on Lower Incomes How Much Does Finance Matter The Arts Council On Reading Books The Inter-Allied Debts Bretton Woods

'Keynes on the Wireless is a gem of a book. From a critique of Roosevelt's economic policies to the poetry of T.S.Eliot; from the point of universities to paying for the Second World War, these essays give full range to Keynes's sparkling originality and lucid praise. A wonderful read from start to finish.' Larry Elliott, Economics Editor, Guardian, UK

'Keynes was not only a great economist but also a great communicator. His radio broadcasts, edited and introduced by one of his most insightful biographers, are easy to understand and they offer a simple but introduction to ideas that are as important now as when they were broadcast.' - Roger E. Backhouse, University of Birmingham, UK and Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

'Keynes revealed great talent in using an intimate medium to give popular expositions of the remedies he was advocating in his serious writings. This book reprints the scripts of twenty-one of these broadcasts, each of which is expertly introduced by Donald Moggridge, the editor of the Royal Economic SocielÓ4