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Essays in Biography

– London: Macmillan, 1933, x, 318 pp.; New York: Meridian, 1956, 347 pp.; New York: W. W. Norton, 1963, vii, 354 pp.

Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack

– "Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack." New York Times. April 22, 1946.
Excerpt: John Maynard Lord Keynes, distinguished economist, whose work for restoring the economic structure of a world twice shattered by war brought him world-wide influence, died of a… More

John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946

– Schumpeter, Joseph A. "John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946." American Economic Review. Vol. 36, No. 4 (September, 1946), pp. 495-518.
Excerpt: Explanation is not far to seek. The higher ranges of mathematical economics are in the nature of what is in all fields referred to as “pure science.” Results have… More

The Age of Keynes

– Lekachman, Robert. The Age of Keynes. New York: Random House, 1966.

Essays on John Maynard Keynes

– Milo Keynes (ed.). Essays on John Maynard Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
From Cambridge University Press: The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes’s early life… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986.
From Publishers Weekly: For Keynes, surprisingly, philosophy took precedence over economics. His personal system of ethics, worked out while he was a member of a secret undergraduate… More

Keynes, John Maynard

– Patinkin, Don. "Keynes, John Maynard." In The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, Volume 2. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1987.

John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy

– Blaug, Mark (dir.). John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy. 1988.
This is an award-winning documentary about John Maynard Keynes by Professor Mark Blaug, which received a Silver Medal at the New York Film and Television Festival circa 1988.

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. II: The Economist As Savior, 1920-1937

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. II: The Economist As Savior, 1920-1937. New York: Viking Penguin, 1994.
From Publishers Weekly: Keynes (1883-1946), in Skidelsky’s view, was a practical visionary whose achievement was to align economics with changes taking place in ethics, politics and… More

The Time 100: John Maynard Keynes

– Reich, Robert B. "The Time 100: John Maynard Keynes." Time. March 29, 1999.
Excerpt: He hardly seemed cut out to be a workingman’s revolutionary. A Cambridge University don with a flair for making money, a graduate of England’s exclusive Eton prep… More

Keynes: A Critical Life

– Felix, David. Keynes: A Critical Life. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999.

The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes

– Heilbroner, Robert L. "The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes." In The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
From Simon & Schuster: The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain." Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. BookTV. C-SPAN2. December 7, 2001.
From C-SPAN: Professor Skidelsky talked about his book, John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain, 1937-1946, published by Viking Press. The book is the third of a three-volume biography… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946. New York: Viking Penguin, 2001.
From Publishers Weekly: “In the world of economics and finance,” Skidelsky writes, “Keynes had come to occupy the same position as Churchill in the world of… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom." Booknotes. C-SPAN. March 13, 2002.
From C-SPAN: Mr. Skidelsky talked about his book John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946 published by Viking. The book examines Keynes’s economic theories and his impact on… More

Affluence and Its Discontents by Jerry Muller

– Muller, Jerry Z. "From Keynes to Marcuse: Affluence and Its Discontents." In The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Modern European Thought. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
Excerpt: Though he thought a good deal about the issue, Keynes did not write systematically about the moral, social, and cultural consequences of capitalism. If Keynes’ head was in… More

John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946

– Skidelsky, Robert. "John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946." Booknotes. C-SPAN2. 2002.
From C-SPAN2: In 2002, Robert Skidelsky appeared on Booknotes to discuss the third volume of his biography of British economist John Maynard Keynes.

The Battle of Ideas

– "The Battle of Ideas." Episode 1 of 3 of "Commanding Heights." PBS. 2003.
From PBS: A global economy, energized by technological change and unprecedented flows of people and money, collapses in the wake of a terrorist attack …. The year is 1914. Worldwide… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes." Manhattan Institute. BookTV. C-SPAN2. June 14, 2006.
From C-SPAN2: Lord Robert Skidelsky talked about his three-volume biography, John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman, published by Penguin. During his presentation… More

The Cambridge Companion to Keynes

– Backhouse, Roger E. and Bradley W. Bateman (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
From Cambridge University Press: John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) was the most important economist of the twentieth century. He was also a philosopher who wrote on ethics and the theory of… More

Robert Skidelsky on Economist John Maynard Keynes

– Skidelsky, Robert and Allan Gregg. "Robert Skidelsky on economist John Maynard Keynes." Allan Greg In Conversation. January 2007.
From Allan Gregg In Conversation: Political economist Robert Skidelsky has completed the third and final volume of his biography of John Maynard Keynes. It is called John Maynard Keynes:… More

John Maynard Keynes

– Goodwin, Craufurd, et al. "John Maynard Keynes." Panel. Center for History of Political Economy. Duke University. February 24, 2009.
From Duke University Economics: Four talks on John Maynard Keynes in relation to the Bloomsbury Group: I. Maynard Keynes of Bloomsbury (Craufurd Goodwin) II. Keynes as Policy Advisor (E.… More

Making Sen$e: The Return of Keynes

– Solman, Paul. "Making Sen$e: The Return of Keynes." PBS NewsHour. PBS. December 16, 2009.
From PBS NewsHour: Long before the great recession of 2008, late economist John Maynard Keynes conceived the notion that the federal government could, and sometimes should, intervene with… More

Who is John Maynard Keynes?

– Johnson, Rob. "Who is John Maynard Keynes?" Institute for New Economic Thinking. March 31, 2010.
An introduction to the great 20th century economist John Maynard Keynes and an explanation why the Institute is launching at Keynes’ King’s College at Cambridge University.

The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on Human Nature, Social Progress and Economic Change

– Skidelsky, Robert and Nicholas Phillipson. "The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on Human Nature, Social Progress and Economic Change." London School of Economics and Political Science. October 6, 2010.
Robert Skidelsky and Nicholas Phillipson discuss how the philosophies of Keynes and Smith helped shape their influential economic ideas and examine how each has influenced social and… More

Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics

– Wapshott, Nicholas. Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics. New York: W. W. Norton, 2012.
From W. W. Norton: As the stock market crash of 1929 plunged the world into turmoil, two men emerged with competing claims on how to restore balance to economies gone awry. John Maynard… More

James Piereson on John Maynard Keynes

– Piereson, James. "James Piereson on John Maynard Keynes." Program on Constitutional Government. Center for American Political Studies. Harvard University. January 23, 2013.
From the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard: James Piereson discusses his forthcoming study of John Maynard Keynes. James Piereson, formerly Executive Director of the John M.… More

Essays

Essays in Biography

– London: Macmillan, 1933, x, 318 pp.; New York: Meridian, 1956, 347 pp.; New York: W. W. Norton, 1963, vii, 354 pp.

Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack

– "Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack." New York Times. April 22, 1946.
Excerpt: John Maynard Lord Keynes, distinguished economist, whose work for restoring the economic structure of a world twice shattered by war brought him world-wide influence, died of a… More

John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946

– Schumpeter, Joseph A. "John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946." American Economic Review. Vol. 36, No. 4 (September, 1946), pp. 495-518.
Excerpt: Explanation is not far to seek. The higher ranges of mathematical economics are in the nature of what is in all fields referred to as “pure science.” Results have… More

The Age of Keynes

– Lekachman, Robert. The Age of Keynes. New York: Random House, 1966.

Essays on John Maynard Keynes

– Milo Keynes (ed.). Essays on John Maynard Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
From Cambridge University Press: The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes’s early life… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986.
From Publishers Weekly: For Keynes, surprisingly, philosophy took precedence over economics. His personal system of ethics, worked out while he was a member of a secret undergraduate… More

Keynes, John Maynard

– Patinkin, Don. "Keynes, John Maynard." In The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, Volume 2. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1987.

John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy

– Blaug, Mark (dir.). John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy. 1988.
This is an award-winning documentary about John Maynard Keynes by Professor Mark Blaug, which received a Silver Medal at the New York Film and Television Festival circa 1988.

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. II: The Economist As Savior, 1920-1937

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. II: The Economist As Savior, 1920-1937. New York: Viking Penguin, 1994.
From Publishers Weekly: Keynes (1883-1946), in Skidelsky’s view, was a practical visionary whose achievement was to align economics with changes taking place in ethics, politics and… More

The Time 100: John Maynard Keynes

– Reich, Robert B. "The Time 100: John Maynard Keynes." Time. March 29, 1999.
Excerpt: He hardly seemed cut out to be a workingman’s revolutionary. A Cambridge University don with a flair for making money, a graduate of England’s exclusive Eton prep… More

Keynes: A Critical Life

– Felix, David. Keynes: A Critical Life. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999.

The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes

– Heilbroner, Robert L. "The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes." In The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
From Simon & Schuster: The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain." Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. BookTV. C-SPAN2. December 7, 2001.
From C-SPAN: Professor Skidelsky talked about his book, John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain, 1937-1946, published by Viking Press. The book is the third of a three-volume biography… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946. New York: Viking Penguin, 2001.
From Publishers Weekly: “In the world of economics and finance,” Skidelsky writes, “Keynes had come to occupy the same position as Churchill in the world of… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom." Booknotes. C-SPAN. March 13, 2002.
From C-SPAN: Mr. Skidelsky talked about his book John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946 published by Viking. The book examines Keynes’s economic theories and his impact on… More

Affluence and Its Discontents by Jerry Muller

– Muller, Jerry Z. "From Keynes to Marcuse: Affluence and Its Discontents." In The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Modern European Thought. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
Excerpt: Though he thought a good deal about the issue, Keynes did not write systematically about the moral, social, and cultural consequences of capitalism. If Keynes’ head was in… More

John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946

– Skidelsky, Robert. "John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946." Booknotes. C-SPAN2. 2002.
From C-SPAN2: In 2002, Robert Skidelsky appeared on Booknotes to discuss the third volume of his biography of British economist John Maynard Keynes.

The Battle of Ideas

– "The Battle of Ideas." Episode 1 of 3 of "Commanding Heights." PBS. 2003.
From PBS: A global economy, energized by technological change and unprecedented flows of people and money, collapses in the wake of a terrorist attack …. The year is 1914. Worldwide… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes." Manhattan Institute. BookTV. C-SPAN2. June 14, 2006.
From C-SPAN2: Lord Robert Skidelsky talked about his three-volume biography, John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman, published by Penguin. During his presentation… More

The Cambridge Companion to Keynes

– Backhouse, Roger E. and Bradley W. Bateman (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
From Cambridge University Press: John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) was the most important economist of the twentieth century. He was also a philosopher who wrote on ethics and the theory of… More

Robert Skidelsky on Economist John Maynard Keynes

– Skidelsky, Robert and Allan Gregg. "Robert Skidelsky on economist John Maynard Keynes." Allan Greg In Conversation. January 2007.
From Allan Gregg In Conversation: Political economist Robert Skidelsky has completed the third and final volume of his biography of John Maynard Keynes. It is called John Maynard Keynes:… More

John Maynard Keynes

– Goodwin, Craufurd, et al. "John Maynard Keynes." Panel. Center for History of Political Economy. Duke University. February 24, 2009.
From Duke University Economics: Four talks on John Maynard Keynes in relation to the Bloomsbury Group: I. Maynard Keynes of Bloomsbury (Craufurd Goodwin) II. Keynes as Policy Advisor (E.… More

Making Sen$e: The Return of Keynes

– Solman, Paul. "Making Sen$e: The Return of Keynes." PBS NewsHour. PBS. December 16, 2009.
From PBS NewsHour: Long before the great recession of 2008, late economist John Maynard Keynes conceived the notion that the federal government could, and sometimes should, intervene with… More

Who is John Maynard Keynes?

– Johnson, Rob. "Who is John Maynard Keynes?" Institute for New Economic Thinking. March 31, 2010.
An introduction to the great 20th century economist John Maynard Keynes and an explanation why the Institute is launching at Keynes’ King’s College at Cambridge University.

The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on Human Nature, Social Progress and Economic Change

– Skidelsky, Robert and Nicholas Phillipson. "The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on Human Nature, Social Progress and Economic Change." London School of Economics and Political Science. October 6, 2010.
Robert Skidelsky and Nicholas Phillipson discuss how the philosophies of Keynes and Smith helped shape their influential economic ideas and examine how each has influenced social and… More

Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics

– Wapshott, Nicholas. Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics. New York: W. W. Norton, 2012.
From W. W. Norton: As the stock market crash of 1929 plunged the world into turmoil, two men emerged with competing claims on how to restore balance to economies gone awry. John Maynard… More

James Piereson on John Maynard Keynes

– Piereson, James. "James Piereson on John Maynard Keynes." Program on Constitutional Government. Center for American Political Studies. Harvard University. January 23, 2013.
From the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard: James Piereson discusses his forthcoming study of John Maynard Keynes. James Piereson, formerly Executive Director of the John M.… More

Commentary

Essays in Biography

– London: Macmillan, 1933, x, 318 pp.; New York: Meridian, 1956, 347 pp.; New York: W. W. Norton, 1963, vii, 354 pp.

Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack

– "Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack." New York Times. April 22, 1946.
Excerpt: John Maynard Lord Keynes, distinguished economist, whose work for restoring the economic structure of a world twice shattered by war brought him world-wide influence, died of a… More

John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946

– Schumpeter, Joseph A. "John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946." American Economic Review. Vol. 36, No. 4 (September, 1946), pp. 495-518.
Excerpt: Explanation is not far to seek. The higher ranges of mathematical economics are in the nature of what is in all fields referred to as “pure science.” Results have… More

The Age of Keynes

– Lekachman, Robert. The Age of Keynes. New York: Random House, 1966.

Essays on John Maynard Keynes

– Milo Keynes (ed.). Essays on John Maynard Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
From Cambridge University Press: The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes’s early life… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986.
From Publishers Weekly: For Keynes, surprisingly, philosophy took precedence over economics. His personal system of ethics, worked out while he was a member of a secret undergraduate… More

Keynes, John Maynard

– Patinkin, Don. "Keynes, John Maynard." In The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, Volume 2. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1987.

John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy

– Blaug, Mark (dir.). John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy. 1988.
This is an award-winning documentary about John Maynard Keynes by Professor Mark Blaug, which received a Silver Medal at the New York Film and Television Festival circa 1988.

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. II: The Economist As Savior, 1920-1937

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. II: The Economist As Savior, 1920-1937. New York: Viking Penguin, 1994.
From Publishers Weekly: Keynes (1883-1946), in Skidelsky’s view, was a practical visionary whose achievement was to align economics with changes taking place in ethics, politics and… More

The Time 100: John Maynard Keynes

– Reich, Robert B. "The Time 100: John Maynard Keynes." Time. March 29, 1999.
Excerpt: He hardly seemed cut out to be a workingman’s revolutionary. A Cambridge University don with a flair for making money, a graduate of England’s exclusive Eton prep… More

Keynes: A Critical Life

– Felix, David. Keynes: A Critical Life. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999.

The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes

– Heilbroner, Robert L. "The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes." In The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
From Simon & Schuster: The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain." Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. BookTV. C-SPAN2. December 7, 2001.
From C-SPAN: Professor Skidelsky talked about his book, John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain, 1937-1946, published by Viking Press. The book is the third of a three-volume biography… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946. New York: Viking Penguin, 2001.
From Publishers Weekly: “In the world of economics and finance,” Skidelsky writes, “Keynes had come to occupy the same position as Churchill in the world of… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom." Booknotes. C-SPAN. March 13, 2002.
From C-SPAN: Mr. Skidelsky talked about his book John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946 published by Viking. The book examines Keynes’s economic theories and his impact on… More

Affluence and Its Discontents by Jerry Muller

– Muller, Jerry Z. "From Keynes to Marcuse: Affluence and Its Discontents." In The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Modern European Thought. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
Excerpt: Though he thought a good deal about the issue, Keynes did not write systematically about the moral, social, and cultural consequences of capitalism. If Keynes’ head was in… More

John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946

– Skidelsky, Robert. "John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946." Booknotes. C-SPAN2. 2002.
From C-SPAN2: In 2002, Robert Skidelsky appeared on Booknotes to discuss the third volume of his biography of British economist John Maynard Keynes.

The Battle of Ideas

– "The Battle of Ideas." Episode 1 of 3 of "Commanding Heights." PBS. 2003.
From PBS: A global economy, energized by technological change and unprecedented flows of people and money, collapses in the wake of a terrorist attack …. The year is 1914. Worldwide… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes." Manhattan Institute. BookTV. C-SPAN2. June 14, 2006.
From C-SPAN2: Lord Robert Skidelsky talked about his three-volume biography, John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman, published by Penguin. During his presentation… More

The Cambridge Companion to Keynes

– Backhouse, Roger E. and Bradley W. Bateman (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
From Cambridge University Press: John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) was the most important economist of the twentieth century. He was also a philosopher who wrote on ethics and the theory of… More

Robert Skidelsky on Economist John Maynard Keynes

– Skidelsky, Robert and Allan Gregg. "Robert Skidelsky on economist John Maynard Keynes." Allan Greg In Conversation. January 2007.
From Allan Gregg In Conversation: Political economist Robert Skidelsky has completed the third and final volume of his biography of John Maynard Keynes. It is called John Maynard Keynes:… More

John Maynard Keynes

– Goodwin, Craufurd, et al. "John Maynard Keynes." Panel. Center for History of Political Economy. Duke University. February 24, 2009.
From Duke University Economics: Four talks on John Maynard Keynes in relation to the Bloomsbury Group: I. Maynard Keynes of Bloomsbury (Craufurd Goodwin) II. Keynes as Policy Advisor (E.… More

Making Sen$e: The Return of Keynes

– Solman, Paul. "Making Sen$e: The Return of Keynes." PBS NewsHour. PBS. December 16, 2009.
From PBS NewsHour: Long before the great recession of 2008, late economist John Maynard Keynes conceived the notion that the federal government could, and sometimes should, intervene with… More

Who is John Maynard Keynes?

– Johnson, Rob. "Who is John Maynard Keynes?" Institute for New Economic Thinking. March 31, 2010.
An introduction to the great 20th century economist John Maynard Keynes and an explanation why the Institute is launching at Keynes’ King’s College at Cambridge University.

The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on Human Nature, Social Progress and Economic Change

– Skidelsky, Robert and Nicholas Phillipson. "The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on Human Nature, Social Progress and Economic Change." London School of Economics and Political Science. October 6, 2010.
Robert Skidelsky and Nicholas Phillipson discuss how the philosophies of Keynes and Smith helped shape their influential economic ideas and examine how each has influenced social and… More

Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics

– Wapshott, Nicholas. Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics. New York: W. W. Norton, 2012.
From W. W. Norton: As the stock market crash of 1929 plunged the world into turmoil, two men emerged with competing claims on how to restore balance to economies gone awry. John Maynard… More

James Piereson on John Maynard Keynes

– Piereson, James. "James Piereson on John Maynard Keynes." Program on Constitutional Government. Center for American Political Studies. Harvard University. January 23, 2013.
From the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard: James Piereson discusses his forthcoming study of John Maynard Keynes. James Piereson, formerly Executive Director of the John M.… More

Multimedia

Essays in Biography

– London: Macmillan, 1933, x, 318 pp.; New York: Meridian, 1956, 347 pp.; New York: W. W. Norton, 1963, vii, 354 pp.

Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack

– "Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack." New York Times. April 22, 1946.
Excerpt: John Maynard Lord Keynes, distinguished economist, whose work for restoring the economic structure of a world twice shattered by war brought him world-wide influence, died of a… More

John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946

– Schumpeter, Joseph A. "John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946." American Economic Review. Vol. 36, No. 4 (September, 1946), pp. 495-518.
Excerpt: Explanation is not far to seek. The higher ranges of mathematical economics are in the nature of what is in all fields referred to as “pure science.” Results have… More

The Age of Keynes

– Lekachman, Robert. The Age of Keynes. New York: Random House, 1966.

Essays on John Maynard Keynes

– Milo Keynes (ed.). Essays on John Maynard Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
From Cambridge University Press: The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes’s early life… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986.
From Publishers Weekly: For Keynes, surprisingly, philosophy took precedence over economics. His personal system of ethics, worked out while he was a member of a secret undergraduate… More

Keynes, John Maynard

– Patinkin, Don. "Keynes, John Maynard." In The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, Volume 2. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1987.

John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy

– Blaug, Mark (dir.). John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy. 1988.
This is an award-winning documentary about John Maynard Keynes by Professor Mark Blaug, which received a Silver Medal at the New York Film and Television Festival circa 1988.

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. II: The Economist As Savior, 1920-1937

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. II: The Economist As Savior, 1920-1937. New York: Viking Penguin, 1994.
From Publishers Weekly: Keynes (1883-1946), in Skidelsky’s view, was a practical visionary whose achievement was to align economics with changes taking place in ethics, politics and… More

The Time 100: John Maynard Keynes

– Reich, Robert B. "The Time 100: John Maynard Keynes." Time. March 29, 1999.
Excerpt: He hardly seemed cut out to be a workingman’s revolutionary. A Cambridge University don with a flair for making money, a graduate of England’s exclusive Eton prep… More

Keynes: A Critical Life

– Felix, David. Keynes: A Critical Life. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999.

The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes

– Heilbroner, Robert L. "The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes." In The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
From Simon & Schuster: The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain." Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. BookTV. C-SPAN2. December 7, 2001.
From C-SPAN: Professor Skidelsky talked about his book, John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain, 1937-1946, published by Viking Press. The book is the third of a three-volume biography… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946. New York: Viking Penguin, 2001.
From Publishers Weekly: “In the world of economics and finance,” Skidelsky writes, “Keynes had come to occupy the same position as Churchill in the world of… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom." Booknotes. C-SPAN. March 13, 2002.
From C-SPAN: Mr. Skidelsky talked about his book John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946 published by Viking. The book examines Keynes’s economic theories and his impact on… More

Affluence and Its Discontents by Jerry Muller

– Muller, Jerry Z. "From Keynes to Marcuse: Affluence and Its Discontents." In The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Modern European Thought. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
Excerpt: Though he thought a good deal about the issue, Keynes did not write systematically about the moral, social, and cultural consequences of capitalism. If Keynes’ head was in… More

John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946

– Skidelsky, Robert. "John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946." Booknotes. C-SPAN2. 2002.
From C-SPAN2: In 2002, Robert Skidelsky appeared on Booknotes to discuss the third volume of his biography of British economist John Maynard Keynes.

The Battle of Ideas

– "The Battle of Ideas." Episode 1 of 3 of "Commanding Heights." PBS. 2003.
From PBS: A global economy, energized by technological change and unprecedented flows of people and money, collapses in the wake of a terrorist attack …. The year is 1914. Worldwide… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes." Manhattan Institute. BookTV. C-SPAN2. June 14, 2006.
From C-SPAN2: Lord Robert Skidelsky talked about his three-volume biography, John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman, published by Penguin. During his presentation… More

The Cambridge Companion to Keynes

– Backhouse, Roger E. and Bradley W. Bateman (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
From Cambridge University Press: John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) was the most important economist of the twentieth century. He was also a philosopher who wrote on ethics and the theory of… More

Robert Skidelsky on Economist John Maynard Keynes

– Skidelsky, Robert and Allan Gregg. "Robert Skidelsky on economist John Maynard Keynes." Allan Greg In Conversation. January 2007.
From Allan Gregg In Conversation: Political economist Robert Skidelsky has completed the third and final volume of his biography of John Maynard Keynes. It is called John Maynard Keynes:… More

John Maynard Keynes

– Goodwin, Craufurd, et al. "John Maynard Keynes." Panel. Center for History of Political Economy. Duke University. February 24, 2009.
From Duke University Economics: Four talks on John Maynard Keynes in relation to the Bloomsbury Group: I. Maynard Keynes of Bloomsbury (Craufurd Goodwin) II. Keynes as Policy Advisor (E.… More

Making Sen$e: The Return of Keynes

– Solman, Paul. "Making Sen$e: The Return of Keynes." PBS NewsHour. PBS. December 16, 2009.
From PBS NewsHour: Long before the great recession of 2008, late economist John Maynard Keynes conceived the notion that the federal government could, and sometimes should, intervene with… More

Who is John Maynard Keynes?

– Johnson, Rob. "Who is John Maynard Keynes?" Institute for New Economic Thinking. March 31, 2010.
An introduction to the great 20th century economist John Maynard Keynes and an explanation why the Institute is launching at Keynes’ King’s College at Cambridge University.

The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on Human Nature, Social Progress and Economic Change

– Skidelsky, Robert and Nicholas Phillipson. "The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on Human Nature, Social Progress and Economic Change." London School of Economics and Political Science. October 6, 2010.
Robert Skidelsky and Nicholas Phillipson discuss how the philosophies of Keynes and Smith helped shape their influential economic ideas and examine how each has influenced social and… More

Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics

– Wapshott, Nicholas. Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics. New York: W. W. Norton, 2012.
From W. W. Norton: As the stock market crash of 1929 plunged the world into turmoil, two men emerged with competing claims on how to restore balance to economies gone awry. John Maynard… More

James Piereson on John Maynard Keynes

– Piereson, James. "James Piereson on John Maynard Keynes." Program on Constitutional Government. Center for American Political Studies. Harvard University. January 23, 2013.
From the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard: James Piereson discusses his forthcoming study of John Maynard Keynes. James Piereson, formerly Executive Director of the John M.… More

Teaching

Essays in Biography

– London: Macmillan, 1933, x, 318 pp.; New York: Meridian, 1956, 347 pp.; New York: W. W. Norton, 1963, vii, 354 pp.

Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack

– "Lord Keynes Dies of Heart Attack." New York Times. April 22, 1946.
Excerpt: John Maynard Lord Keynes, distinguished economist, whose work for restoring the economic structure of a world twice shattered by war brought him world-wide influence, died of a… More

John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946

– Schumpeter, Joseph A. "John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946." American Economic Review. Vol. 36, No. 4 (September, 1946), pp. 495-518.
Excerpt: Explanation is not far to seek. The higher ranges of mathematical economics are in the nature of what is in all fields referred to as “pure science.” Results have… More

The Age of Keynes

– Lekachman, Robert. The Age of Keynes. New York: Random House, 1966.

Essays on John Maynard Keynes

– Milo Keynes (ed.). Essays on John Maynard Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
From Cambridge University Press: The twenty-eight essays in this fascinating and important collection may be divided into three groups: the first is concerned with Keynes’s early life… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. I: Hopes Betrayed, 1883-1920. New York: Viking Penguin, 1986.
From Publishers Weekly: For Keynes, surprisingly, philosophy took precedence over economics. His personal system of ethics, worked out while he was a member of a secret undergraduate… More

Keynes, John Maynard

– Patinkin, Don. "Keynes, John Maynard." In The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, Volume 2. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1987.

John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy

– Blaug, Mark (dir.). John Maynard Keynes: Life, Ideas, Legacy. 1988.
This is an award-winning documentary about John Maynard Keynes by Professor Mark Blaug, which received a Silver Medal at the New York Film and Television Festival circa 1988.

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. II: The Economist As Savior, 1920-1937

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. II: The Economist As Savior, 1920-1937. New York: Viking Penguin, 1994.
From Publishers Weekly: Keynes (1883-1946), in Skidelsky’s view, was a practical visionary whose achievement was to align economics with changes taking place in ethics, politics and… More

The Time 100: John Maynard Keynes

– Reich, Robert B. "The Time 100: John Maynard Keynes." Time. March 29, 1999.
Excerpt: He hardly seemed cut out to be a workingman’s revolutionary. A Cambridge University don with a flair for making money, a graduate of England’s exclusive Eton prep… More

Keynes: A Critical Life

– Felix, David. Keynes: A Critical Life. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999.

The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes

– Heilbroner, Robert L. "The Heresies of John Maynard Keynes." In The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
From Simon & Schuster: The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain." Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. BookTV. C-SPAN2. December 7, 2001.
From C-SPAN: Professor Skidelsky talked about his book, John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain, 1937-1946, published by Viking Press. The book is the third of a three-volume biography… More

John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946

– Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Vol. III: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946. New York: Viking Penguin, 2001.
From Publishers Weekly: “In the world of economics and finance,” Skidelsky writes, “Keynes had come to occupy the same position as Churchill in the world of… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom." Booknotes. C-SPAN. March 13, 2002.
From C-SPAN: Mr. Skidelsky talked about his book John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946 published by Viking. The book examines Keynes’s economic theories and his impact on… More

Affluence and Its Discontents by Jerry Muller

– Muller, Jerry Z. "From Keynes to Marcuse: Affluence and Its Discontents." In The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Modern European Thought. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
Excerpt: Though he thought a good deal about the issue, Keynes did not write systematically about the moral, social, and cultural consequences of capitalism. If Keynes’ head was in… More

John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946

– Skidelsky, Robert. "John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946." Booknotes. C-SPAN2. 2002.
From C-SPAN2: In 2002, Robert Skidelsky appeared on Booknotes to discuss the third volume of his biography of British economist John Maynard Keynes.

The Battle of Ideas

– "The Battle of Ideas." Episode 1 of 3 of "Commanding Heights." PBS. 2003.
From PBS: A global economy, energized by technological change and unprecedented flows of people and money, collapses in the wake of a terrorist attack …. The year is 1914. Worldwide… More

Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes

– Skidelsky, Robert. "Book Discussion on John Maynard Keynes." Manhattan Institute. BookTV. C-SPAN2. June 14, 2006.
From C-SPAN2: Lord Robert Skidelsky talked about his three-volume biography, John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman, published by Penguin. During his presentation… More

The Cambridge Companion to Keynes

– Backhouse, Roger E. and Bradley W. Bateman (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Keynes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
From Cambridge University Press: John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) was the most important economist of the twentieth century. He was also a philosopher who wrote on ethics and the theory of… More

Robert Skidelsky on Economist John Maynard Keynes

– Skidelsky, Robert and Allan Gregg. "Robert Skidelsky on economist John Maynard Keynes." Allan Greg In Conversation. January 2007.
From Allan Gregg In Conversation: Political economist Robert Skidelsky has completed the third and final volume of his biography of John Maynard Keynes. It is called John Maynard Keynes:… More

John Maynard Keynes

– Goodwin, Craufurd, et al. "John Maynard Keynes." Panel. Center for History of Political Economy. Duke University. February 24, 2009.
From Duke University Economics: Four talks on John Maynard Keynes in relation to the Bloomsbury Group: I. Maynard Keynes of Bloomsbury (Craufurd Goodwin) II. Keynes as Policy Advisor (E.… More

Making Sen$e: The Return of Keynes

– Solman, Paul. "Making Sen$e: The Return of Keynes." PBS NewsHour. PBS. December 16, 2009.
From PBS NewsHour: Long before the great recession of 2008, late economist John Maynard Keynes conceived the notion that the federal government could, and sometimes should, intervene with… More

Who is John Maynard Keynes?

– Johnson, Rob. "Who is John Maynard Keynes?" Institute for New Economic Thinking. March 31, 2010.
An introduction to the great 20th century economist John Maynard Keynes and an explanation why the Institute is launching at Keynes’ King’s College at Cambridge University.

The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on Human Nature, Social Progress and Economic Change

– Skidelsky, Robert and Nicholas Phillipson. "The Economist as Philosopher: Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes on Human Nature, Social Progress and Economic Change." London School of Economics and Political Science. October 6, 2010.
Robert Skidelsky and Nicholas Phillipson discuss how the philosophies of Keynes and Smith helped shape their influential economic ideas and examine how each has influenced social and… More

Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics

– Wapshott, Nicholas. Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics. New York: W. W. Norton, 2012.
From W. W. Norton: As the stock market crash of 1929 plunged the world into turmoil, two men emerged with competing claims on how to restore balance to economies gone awry. John Maynard… More

James Piereson on John Maynard Keynes

– Piereson, James. "James Piereson on John Maynard Keynes." Program on Constitutional Government. Center for American Political Studies. Harvard University. January 23, 2013.
From the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard: James Piereson discusses his forthcoming study of John Maynard Keynes. James Piereson, formerly Executive Director of the John M.… More