1st Edition

Biography of an Idea John Maynard Keynes and the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

By David Felix Copyright 1995
285 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

285 Pages
by Routledge

The culmination of John Maynard Keynes's thought and lifework was The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money . Here, placing it in the context of his era, David Felix examines the evolution of Keynes's theorizing. He boldly claims that The General Theory lacks logical and factual support as pure theory, but is an achievement of great statesmanship in political economy. Felix argues... Read more
Introduction: The Idea as Hero; 1: The Theorist as a Young Man; 2: Early Theorizing; 3: Keynes Reconstituted: Thoughts on Policy and Theory; 4: Theorizing of the Middle Period: A Treatise on Money; 5: Policy-Making; 6: Theorizing: Toward the Final Statement; 7: The General Theory as Abstraction; 8: Consumption and the Propensity to It; 9: Investment and the Inducement to It; 10: The Close of Keynes’s System; 11: Defense; 12: Conquest

Biography

David Felix