Universal man : the seven lives of John Maynard Keynes / Richard Davenport-Hines.
Publication details: London : William Collins, 2015.Description: x, 418 pages ; 25 cmISBN:- 000751980X
- 9780007519804 (hbk.)
- John Maynard Keynes
- Seven lives of John Maynard Keynes
- Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946
- Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946
- Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946 -- Biography
- Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946 -- Biography
- Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946
- Wirtschaftswissenschaftler
- Economists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Keynesian economics
- Großbritannien
- Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 20th century
- 330.156092 23
- HB103.K47 D38 2015
- Also issued online.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 330.156 DAV | Available | 066418 |
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Altruist -- Boy prodigy -- Official -- Public man -- Lover -- Connoisseur -- Envoy.
Published in time to mark the 70th anniversary of the death of John Maynard Keynes, this thematic biography revives and refreshes our understanding of the 20th Century's most charismatic and revolutionary economist, a man whose ideas continue to influence global finance today. John Maynard Keynes is the man who saved Britain from financial crisis not once but twice - over the course of two World Wars. He remains a highly influential figure, nearly 70 years after his death. But who was he? In this entertaining biography, Richard Davenport-Hines gives us the man behind the economics: the connoisseur, intellectual, public official and statesman who was equally at ease socialising with the Bloomsbury Group as he was persuading prime ministers and presidents. By exploring the desires and experiences that made Keynes think as he did, Davenport-Hines reveals the aesthetic basis of Keynesian economics, and explores why the ideas of this Great Briton continue to resonate so powerfully today.
Also issued online.
