The Keynesian Revolution in the Making, 1924-1936 - Hardcover

Clarke, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198283040 ISBN 13: 9780198283041

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1989

Synopsis

The name of John Maynard Keynes is still the focus of political and economic controversy, and in the course of it, "what Keynes really meant" has suffered much distortion. This book represents a quest for the historical Keynes. It follows the story of an argument which arose out of the performance of the British economy in the period of depression between the wars and provides an account of Keynes's thinking in the years that led up to the General Theory, making it comprehensible to specialists and non-specialists alike.

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'Clarke's study of the Keynesian revolution is intellectual history of the highest order. Clarke's book ... is both clear and logical, and represents a major contribution to economic, intellectual and political history.' G.C. Peden, University of Bristol, EHR Apr '92 'Readers derive a clear sense of how Keynes' views evolved in response to events and criticisms. They better appreciate how this pragmatic man adapted his theoretical positions to events in the political arena.' Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley, Journal of Interdisciplinary History `Peter Clarke shows in this admirable book that original and interesting arguments are still to be made.' Economic History Review 'an informative and perceptive chronology of the development of Keynes's theoretical analysis from 1924 to 1936 ... excellent and most readable account of the development of the most important economic ideas of the twentieth century' Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol.37, No.4, November 1990 `a masterly survey of the making of Keynes's General Theory' Dennis Kavanagh, University of Nottingham, Political Studies `a piece of detailed intellectual history upon which both economic and political historians will exercise their minds' R.C. Whiting, University of Leeds, History No. 243 Feb 1990 `The book will be exceedingly useful for both economists and economic historians. I liked it for two main reasons: first, for its clarity in describing the evolution of Keynes's thinking, and second, because the context and content of the debates in the late 1920s and early 1930s over the reconciliation of internal and external equilbrium have an uncanny contemporary ring about them, and history has lessons to teach.' A.P. Thirlwall, University of Kent. THES `the sensitive and subtle combination of close textual analysis and historical context make The Keynesian Revolution in the Making 1924-1936 essential reading for economists, and not just the specialist historians of economic thought who will find the ground familiar, though rarely covered with this clarity' Roger Middleton, TLS `This book ranks among the very best on Keynes and deserves the widest audience.' Times Literary Supplement `In this brilliant new study ... Peter Clarke rescues the man from the monument, the thinker from the thought. David Marquand, Times of India `elegant and absorbing book ... It is skilfully constructed, utterly lucid, and therefore accessible to all students of Keynes, for whom it will be necessary reading' London Review of Books `The Keynesian Revolution in the Making leaves the reader with the feeling of having been a privileged fly on the wall as the new truths fell into place. Dr Clarke has put together a remarkable cocktail which mixes economic, political, intellectual and institutional history.' Independent `brilliant new study' Observer `brilliant and meticulous essay ... He [Clarke] is to be congratulated on a scholarly tour de force' Guardian `a bold and exciting book ... a gem of historical insight and scholarship, which glitters with striking phrases and images ... a much richer, more precise, context for the development of Keynes's ideas than anything we have had so far' Robert Skidelsky, New Statesman and Society

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0198283040
• ISBN 13: 9780198283041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 360