Universal Man: The Lives of John Maynard Keynes

by Richard Davenport-Hines

Book Overview

John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) was the twentieth century's most influential economist. His ideas inspired Franklin D. Roosevelt to launch the New Deal and instructed Western nations on how to ward off revolutionary unrest, economic instability, high unemployment, and social dissolution. Keynes was nothing less than the Adam Smith of his time: his The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money became as important in the twentieth century as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465060676
• ISBN13: 9780465060672
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"