Keynes
Posted: April 5th, 2024, 10:21 am
Just bought a paperback copy (in the Classics of World Literature series) of Keynes’ “The General Theory of Employment…” that has appended his “Economic Consequences of the Peace”.
I bought it to read the latter. Anyone interested in the fallout of WW1, the devious political trickery that resulted in an impossible reparations ultimatum on the Germans, and Keynes’ demolition of these crushing demands with his usual pointedness and, even for him, unusually lacerating language will find it a good read – and at £4.99 an absolute bargain.
Even Bertrand Russell, who was no slouch or reticent in intellectual argument, said he took his life in his hands when arguing with Keynes and “seldom emerged without feeling something of a fool”. I can now see why…
I bought it to read the latter. Anyone interested in the fallout of WW1, the devious political trickery that resulted in an impossible reparations ultimatum on the Germans, and Keynes’ demolition of these crushing demands with his usual pointedness and, even for him, unusually lacerating language will find it a good read – and at £4.99 an absolute bargain.
Even Bertrand Russell, who was no slouch or reticent in intellectual argument, said he took his life in his hands when arguing with Keynes and “seldom emerged without feeling something of a fool”. I can now see why…