1st Edition

The Political and Economic Thought of the Young Keynes Liberalism, Markets and Empire

By Carlo Cristiano Copyright 2014
284 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge

A century ago, John Maynard Keynes entered the Treasury to serve his country during the First World War, but as is well known, appalled by the terms of the end-of-war Treaty of Versailles, he abandoned the British delegation, outlining the predictable adverse results in the Economic Consequences of the Peace , published in 1919. Far less well known is his personal and political development that... Read more

1. Portraits of Keynes as young man 2. ‘Liberal Imperialist’, 1902-1905 3. Keynes, Marshall and Cambridge economics in 1905 4. From apprentice to lecturer 5. Lecturing and electioneering 6. India 7. Epilogue

Biography

Carlo Cristiano is Assistant Professor in the Department of Law at at Pisa University, Italy