A brilliant economist, from Bloomsbury to the World Bank.
2/11/2002
As a towering figure of twentieth-century thought, John Maynard Keynes developed theories that shaped international economic and political debate. In this, the third and final volume of his acclaimed biography, Robert Skidelsky, a professor of economics at Warwick University, examines the last decade of Keynes' life, a crucial period when Keynes's concepts were actually applied within Britain and provided the foundation for post-World War II entities such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Skidelsky is a skilled storyteller, interweaving complex descriptions of economic theories and political battles with tales of Keynes as a leading member of London's Bloomsbury group and supporter of the arts.