John Maynard Keynes

This book examines the life of John Maynard Keynes, explores his influential writings and theories, and assesses his legacy. Davidson looks at the life of Keynes leading up to the writing of his seminal General Theory, and traces the roots of this work in Keynes's early influences, as well as examining the General Theory in detail, and exploring how it differs from classical theory. The impact of Keynes's work on the economy postwar and up to the present day is also assessed.

PAUL DAVIDSON is Editor and co-founder of the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics. He is the author, co-author or editor of 18 books and more than 220 published professional articles. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, University of Bristol (UK), and the University of Tennessee. He has also held Visiting Professorships at University of Nice, Institute For Advanced Studies (Vienna), and University of Strasbourg, He has been the Associate Director of the Economics Division of Continental Oil company, a member of the Brookings Economics Panel, and consultant to numerous organizations including Resources For the Future, Energy Policy Project (Ford Foundation), central Bank of Ecuador, Central Bank of Venezuela, Central Bank of Uruguay, and the Interamerican Institute of Capital Markets, Federal trade Commission, Western Union Telegraph Company, Chase Econometrics Associates, State of Alabama, New York State Consumer Protection Agency, Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. International Communications Agency (USIA and USIS).