About this book
This book provides an insightful and original perspective on the work and legacy of John Maynard Keynes. It explores his work as an economist, world system planner, and social philosopher to highlight the different ways he influenced economics, economic policy, and the global political economy. Particularly attention is given to the development of the ideas which led up to The General Theory, his role as a planner and negotiator within international organizations, his work on the development of the post-war UK system, his debates with British Economists.

This book examines the work and international legacy of one of economics’ defining thinkers. It will be of interest to students and researchers interested in the political economy and the history of economic thought.

Table of contents (15 chapters)

Front Matter

Part I
Front Matter

How Did Keynes Transform His Theory from the Tract into the Treatise?: Consideration Through Primary Material

How, and For How Long, Did Keynes Maintain the Treatise Theory?

The Turning Point in Keynes’s Theoretical Development: From A Treatise on Money to the General Theory

A Sketch of the General Theory

Part II
Front Matter

On the Relief Problem

On the International Clearing Union

On the Commodity Control Scheme

The Welfare State in the Making: W. Beveridge and Keynes

Keynes’s Employment Policy in the Making

Part III
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A Treatise on Probability and “My Early Beliefs”

Keynes’s “New Liberalism” Re-examined: From a Wide Perspective

Socialism Versus Capitalism: A.C. Pigou’s Social Philosophy

Liberal Interventionism: D.H. Robertson’s Social Philosophy

Hawtrey’s Philosophy: Thought and Things

Hawtrey’s Social Philosophy: Welfare and Value

Back Matter

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