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John Maynard Keynes: Fighting For Freedom, 1937-1946.
by Skidelsky, Robert
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
New York: Viking, 2000. First edition of this biography on the legendary economist. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. Signed by Robert Skidelsky on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. In the world of economics and finance," Skidelsky writes, "Keynes had come to occupy the same position as Churchill in the world of politics" during WWII, even though his position as adviser to the chancellor of the exchequer was unofficial and unpaid. In the third and final volume of this definitive biography, Skidelsky, professor of political economy at England's Warwick University, depicts the great Bloomsbury fiscal philosopher as a tireless wartime activist.
Synopsis
Robert Skidelsky’s three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes has been acclaimed as the authoritative account of the great economist-statesman’s life. Here, Skidelsky has revised and abridged his magnum opus into one definitive book, which examines in its entirety the intellectual and ideological journey that led an extraordinarily gifted young man to concern himself with the practical problems of an age overshadowed by war. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, John Maynard Keynes offers a sympathetic account of the life and influences of a passionate visionary and an invaluable insight into the economic philosophy that still remains at the center of political and economic thought.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16014
- Title
- John Maynard Keynes: Fighting For Freedom, 1937-1946.
- Author
- Skidelsky, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Robert Skidelsky First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography;
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