Description
Uses an accessible narrative frame to explore key issues - like truth, probability, expediency, pragmatism - in Keynes's unique career.
About the Author
Peter Clarke was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1989. His previous publications include Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-2000 (2004), The Locomotive of War: Money, Empire, Power, and Guilt (2017) and studies on John Maynard Keynes including The Keynesian Revolution in the Making, 1924-1936 (1988) and Keynes (2009).
Reviews
'This readable and lively book by the eminent modern historian and Keynes scholar Peter Clarke provides an important insight into 'the historical Keynes,' both academic theorist and public intellectual, by examining the complex relation between truth and expediency in policy advising from Versailles to Bretton Woods and in probability theory.' Robert Dimand, Brock University
'A sparkling and learned exploration of Keynes's beliefs about probability, truth, and expediency.' Richard Toye, University of Exeter
Book Information
ISBN 9781009255011
Author Peter Clarke
Format Hardback
Page Count 274
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 460g
Dimensions(mm) 223mm * 147mm * 20mm