New updated edition of the highly praised biography.

Oswald Mosley

Biographies & Memoirs

SKIDELSKY, ROBERT

Leaders & Notable People

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

The Vintage History of Britain is the most definitive and compelling history of the British Isles to date, offered by six distinguished historians. History, like the present, is always changing. Scholarship on the history of the British Isles is currently experiencing a golden age. The breakdown of modernism and the eclipse of both the Marxist tradition and the 'Whig interpretation' that sees all history as progress, combined with the trajectories of nationalism in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have generated unprecedented intellectual activity. In the final volume of this history of Britian, Robert Skidelsky takes on the question: how successful was Britiain in the twentieth century. Taking in the loss of the British Empire, the 'ungovernable' 1970s, Britain's involvement in two world wars and unprecedented social change, this is a comprehensive and fascinating look at Britain's twentieth century.

Britain Since 1900 - A Success Story?

History

Europe

Vintage Books

Traces the economist's life and work, offering a portrait of his public and private life.

John Maynard Keynes: Volume 1: Hopes Betrayed 1883-1920

Historical

Penguin??Books

The second volume of the acclaimed biography of economist John Maynard Keynes takes his story from the controversial publication of The Economic Consequences of the Peace, through the reception of The General Theory in 1937. Reprint.

John Maynard Keynes: Volume 2: The Economist as Savior, 1920-1937

From the internationally acclaimed biographer of John Maynard Keynes comes an incisive and timely analysis of post-Cold War politicsand a blueprint for how the West can assert its ideological leadership. Intellectually bold and realistic, this important book provides food for thought and debate for economists, political thinkers, and anyone concerned with today's economic and political challenges.\nFrom Scientific American\nLucid, thought-provoking, utterly confident in its grasp of economics ... Definitive and eloquent.

The Road from Serfdom: The Economic and Political Consequences of the End of Communism

Business & Money

Economics

Penguin Group USA

Robert Skidelsky's Keynes: The Return of the Master shows how the great economist's ideas not only explain why the current financial crisis occurred - but are our best way out.    'One would expect brokers to be wrong. If, in addition to their other inside advantages, they were capable of good advice, clearly they would have retired long ago with a large fortune'   John Maynard Keynes    When unbridled capitalism falters, is there an alternative? The twentieth century's most influential economist tells us that there is. John Maynard Keynes argued that an unmanaged market system is inherently unstable because of irreduceable uncertainty; that fiscal and monetary ammunition is needed to counter economic shocks; and that governments need to maintain enough total spending power in the economy to minimize the chance of serious recessions happening.    'The great economist's theories have never been more relevant ... and Robert Skidelsky is the guide of choice ... A must read'  Paul Krugman, Observer    'Keynes's economic policies helped lift Britain from its 1930s slump. This accessible, timely study argues he could do the same again'   Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times    'Masterly ... conveys complex ideas with clarity and controlled anger'   Oliver Kamm, The Times    'Skidelsky knows more about Keynes than anyone alive ... he is righteous in his thunder ... provocative ... refreshing'   Dwight Gardner, The New York Times    'Thought-provoking ... the best account I have read of the development of the credit crunch'   Samuel Brittan, Financial Times    Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His three volume biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes (1983, 1992, 2000) received numerous prizes, including the Lionel Gelber Prize for International Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations Prize for International Relations. He is also the author of the The World After Communism (1995).

Keynes: The Return Of The Master

Penguin Uk

The dominant view in economics is that money and government should play only a minor role in economic life. Money, it is claimed, is more than a medium of exchange; and economic outcomes are best left to the 'invisible hand' of the market. Tracing the establishment of this orthodoxy and the challenges posed to it since the Great Depression of 1929-32, Robert Skidelsky shows how - unlike then - the 2008 global financial has not led to any new policy paradigm. Once the crisis had been overcome - by Keynesian measures taken in desperation - the pre-crash orthodoxy was reinstated, undermined but unbowed. No new 'big idea' has emerged, and orthodoxy has maintained its sway, enacting punishing austerity agendas that leave us with a still-anaemic global economy.
This book aims to familiarise the reader with essential elements of Keynes's 'big idea'. By showing that much of economic orthodoxy is far from being the hard science it claims to be, it aims to embolden the next generation of economists to break free from their conceptual prisons and afford money and government the starring roles in the economic drama that they deserve.

Money and Government: A Challenge to Mainstream Economics

Penguin

The third and final volume in the author's definitive portrait of John Maynard Keynes chronicles his final years, from 1937 to his death in 1946, discussing Keynes's contribution to the funding of Britain's war effort, the construction of the postwar economic order, and Britain's role in the Atlantic alliance. Reprint.

John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946

Arts & Literature

THE DEFINITIVE SINGLE-VOLUME BIOGRAPHY 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. John Maynard Keynes offers a sympathetic account of the life of a passionate visionary and an invaluable insight into the economic philosophy that still remains at the centre of political and economic thought. ROBERT SKIDELSKY is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His three volume biography of John Maynard Keynes (1983, 1992, 2000) received numerous prizes, including the Lionel Gelber Prize for International Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations Prize for International Relations. ('This three-volume life of the British economist should be given a Nobel Prize for History if there was such a thing' - Norman Stone.) He was made a life peer in 1991, and a Fellow of the British Academy in 1994. 'A masterpiece of biographical and historical analysis' - New York Times

John Maynard Keynes: 1883-1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman

John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is a central thinker of the twentieth century, not just as an economic theorist and statesman, but in the borderland of economics, philosophy, politics and culture. Keynes's doctrines continue to inspire strong feelings in admirers and detractors alike. This short, engaging study of his life and thought explores the many positive and negative stereotypes and also examines the quality of Keynes's mind, his cultural and social milieu, his ethical and practical philosophy, and his monetary thought. Recent scholarship has significantly altered the treatment and assessment of Keynes's contribution to twentieth-century economic thinking, and the current state of the debate initiated by the Keynesian revolution is discussed in a final chapter on its legacy. No other work on Keynes provides such a readable introduction to his life and work.

Keynes (Past Masters)

Professionals & Academics

Oxford University Press

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