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Author Cristiano, Carlo

Title The Political and Economic Thought of the Young Keynes : Liberalism, Markets and Empire
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (279 pages)
Series Routledge explorations in economic history ; 69
Routledge explorations in economic history ; 69.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; 1 Portraits of Keynes as a young man; 1.1 Was he just a philosopher?; 1.2 Early views, 1946-51; 1.3 The dawn of the Harrodian era; 1.4 'My Early Beliefs': a literary case; 1.5 A political interlude; 1.6 The emergence of the conventional image; 1.7 Towards a new interpretation; 2 'Liberal Imperialist', 1902-05; 2.1 British politics at the turn of the century; 2.2 The 'new Liberalism'; 2.3 'We, who are imperialists.' Keynes's politics, 1902-05; 2.4 An essay in political philosophy
2.5 New Liberal influences3 Keynes, Marshall and Cambridge economics in 1905; 3.1 Economics as a career?; 3.2 Alfred Marshall and British economics, c.1905; 3.3 The establishment of the Cambridge Economics Tripos; 3.4 The scope and method of Marshall's economics; 3.5 Entering the world of Marshall; 4 From apprentice to lecturer; 4.1 The apprentice; 4.1.1 Reading lists; 4.1.2 The course in 'advanced economics'; 4.2 How Keynes became an economist; 4.3 Appendix; 5 Lecturing and electioneering; 5.1 Metamorphosis begins; 5.2 Monetary expert; 5.2.1 The early lectures on money
5.2.2 Current financial topics5.3 New Liberal imperialism and social reform; 5.4 Keynes's politics in 1908-10; 5.4.1 Statistics and new Liberalism; 5.4.2 'Great Britain's Foreign Investments'; 6 India; 6.1 Stabilization of the rupee's external value and Indian inflation; 6.2 Conflicting views on Indian economic development and price stabilization; 6.3 Keynes and stabilization of the rupee's purchasing power after 1914; 6.4 From 'private critic' to 'public defender' of the India Office; 6.5 Indian Currency and Finance and the A. Chamberlain Commission; 7 Epilogue
7.1 A young and emerging economist7.2 Gold reserves and the question of ultimate control; 7.3 The crisis of 1914; 7.4 The young Keynes, capitalism and the role of the state; Bibliography; Index
Summary 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 led him to be called to service even before Great Britain entered the conflict. Starting from Keynes's early political activity, Carlo Cristiano charts the stages through which Alfred Ma
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946.
SUBJECT Keynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946 fast
Subject Economists -- Great Britain
Economics -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Economics
Economists
Politics and government
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056915
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317703570
131770357X