New Releases by John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes was an English economist, journalist and financier, best known for his economic theories (Keynesian economics) on the causes of prolonged unemployment. He was also a noted writer of brief biographies of leading figures of his day, offering a masterclass in intellectual portraiture. His landmark work ‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money’ advocated a remedy for economic recession based on a government-sponsored policy of full employment. By the late 1930’s, leading Western economies had begun adopting his policy recommendations. Almost all capitalist governments had done so by the end of the two decades following his death in 1946. This eBook presents Keynes’ collected (close to complete) works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Keynes’ life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * Almost all the published books, with individual contents tables * Features rare essays appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes Keynes’ rare autobiographical memoirs – available in no other collection * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, ‘The Means to Prosperity’ and ‘How to Pay for the War’ cannot appear in this edition. When new works enter the public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update. CONTENTS: The Books Indian Currency and Finance (1913) The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) A Treatise on Probability (1921) Revision of the Treaty (1922) A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923) A Treatise on Money (1930) Essays in Persuasion (1931) Essays in Biography (1933) The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936) Miscellaneous Essays The Memoirs Two Memoirs (1949)

Essays In Persuasion, which was first published in 1931, was author John Maynard Keynes' first volume of collected essays. In it he gathered together various writings on public affairs from 1919-1931, including some extracts from his published books. The essays taken as a whole embody forecasts and recommendations made by the author on a variety of subjects which can now be checked by the course of events. Essays In Persuasion is divided into five sections which deal respectively with (1) The Treaty of Peace, (2) Inflation and Deflation, (3) The Return to the Gold Standard, (4) Politics, and (5) The Future. Whilst a certain proportion of these essays deal with matters which now belong to the past, a considerable number relate to affairs the full course of which has not yet run and where the proposals and ideas set forth still have practical application.

Of the fifteen famous scientists, economists and statesmen sketched in this collection of essays, which was first published in 1933, John Maynard Keynes was directly acquainted with all but three. The unique quality of immediacy in these biographical fragments contributes immensely to our more intimate appreciation of the historical significance of these men. This volume is made up of two parts: The first part, titled Sketches of Politicians, includes chapters on Lloyd George, Bonar Law, Lord Oxford and Sir Winston Churchill. The greater portion of the second part, Lives of Economists, is taken up with the lives of Robert Malthun, Alfred Marshall and F. Y. Edgeworth. All are literature, and the reader needn't be an economist or a specialist to enjoy the excellent flavor of Keynes' style of writing.

John Maynard Keynes is the great British economist of the twentieth century whose hugely influential work The General Theory of Employment, Interest and * is undoubtedly the century's most important book on economics--strongly influencing economic theory and practice, particularly with regard to the role of government in stimulating and regulating a nation's economic life. Keynes's work has undergone significant revaluation in recent years, and "Keynesian" views which have been widely defended for so long are now perceived as at odds with Keynes's own thinking. Recent scholarship and research has demonstrated considerable rivalry and controversy concerning the proper interpretation of Keynes's works, such that recourse to the original text is all the more important. Although considered by a few critics that the sentence structures of the book are quite incomprehensible and almost unbearable to read, the book is an essential reading for all those who desire a basic education in economics. The key to understanding Keynes is the notion that at particular times in the business cycle, an economy can become over-productive (or under-consumptive) and thus, a vicious spiral is begun that results in massive layoffs and cuts in production as businesses attempt to equilibrate aggregate supply and demand. Thus, full employment is only one of many or multiple macro equilibria. If an economy reaches an underemployment equilibrium, something is necessary to boost or stimulate demand to produce full employment. This something could be business investment but because of the logic and individualist nature of investment decisions, it is unlikely to rapidly restore full employment. Keynes logically seizes upon the public budget and government expenditures as the quickest way to restore full employment. Borrowing the * to finance the deficit from private households and businesses is a quick, direct way to restore full employment while at the same time, redirecting or siphoning

"The Economic Consequences of the Peace" gave economist John Maynard Keynes a huge but controversial influence on perceptions of the peace treaty signed after World War I. John Maynard Keynes was not only a brilliant economist, but a superb writer with a keen eye for the foibles of the great men of his time. "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" is a must read for anyone interested in the Versailles Peace Treaty and the aftermath of its signing. Even today, the power of Keynes' argument is evident. Though Keynes admitted that the allies might not hold Germany to all the economic terms of the treaty, he still felt strongly that many of the terms of the treaty, whether enforced or not, discouraged sound planning by German investors, companies, and its government, and unnecessarily impoverished the German people. As pointed out in his classic book, Keynes felt this was bad for not just Germany, but all of Europe.

This new edition of Keynes' classic text includes a foreword by Paul Krugman.

"The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind. Very few of us realise with conviction the intensely unusual, unstable, complicated, unreliable, temporary nature of the economic organisation by which Western Europe has lived for the last half century." - CHAPTER I-INTRODUCTORY As the most important figures in the history of economics, the work of John Maynard Keynes is nearly without precedent in the history of economics. THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF PEACE, first published in 1919, achieved great notoriety due of its contemptuous critique of the French premier as well as President Woodrow Wilson. Keynes criticized the Allied victors for signing the Treaty of Versailles in 1920, which would have ruinous consequences for Europe. At the time, few world and economic leaders appreciated his criticisms as Keynes saw his worst fears realized in the rise of Adolf Hitler and the resulting devastation of World War II. JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES, 1883-1946, was born into an academic family. His father, John Nevile Keynes, was a lecturer at the University of Cambridge where he taught logic and political economy while his son was educated at Eton and Cambridge. Most importantly, Keynes revolutionized economics with his classic book, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936). This work is generally regarded as perhaps the most influential social science treatise of the 20th Century, as it quickly and permanently changed the scope of economic thought. Interestingly, Keynes was a central member of the Bloomsbury Group, a collection of upper-class Edwardian aesthetes that served as his life outside of economics, which included Virginia Woolf, Clive Bell, and Lytton Strachey.

Correspondence between the Russian ballet dancer and English economist traces the development of their relationship

These chapters are the fruit of a brief visit to Russia in September 1925 -- preface.

John Maynard Keynes, a British economist, authored the guide "The Economic Consequence of the Peace." The guide was originally published in 1919 and is actually an evaluation of the Treaties of Versailles which completed World War I. Keynes was one of numerous British Treasury participants to the Versailles Peace Conference in addition to his insights are actually based on the personal experiences of his in the Conference. Keynes asserted the treaty''s reparations and severe monetary steps on Germany had been far too punitive and would bring about severe economic problems in Europe. He thought that these actions would not simply affect Germany but additionally the economic stability in addition to healing of Europe postwar. Keynes was concerned the sizable reparations could cause an economic collapse of Germany, that may influence the economies of the winning places and furthermore, the majority of Europe. Keynes made several remarkable predictions that were really earlier. Keynes had warned the economic turbulence in addition to hyperinflation that characterized Germany in the 1920s, the rise of extremism and ultimate outbreak of World War II had been partly due to the financial situations necessary for the Treaty of Versailles. The guide is actually significant due to its economic analysis but additionally for affecting economic theory and international policy. Keynes established himself to become a high economist by using this particular function as being a base for his right after, much more well known publication, "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, as well as Money," which basically transformed macroeconomic Theory as well as practice & government economic policies.