Zachary Carter, The Price of Peace
Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13035006 |
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| Authors | Roger E Backhouse (0000-0003-2393-6517, Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 11-3 |
| Pages | 511-518 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OEconomia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2113-5207 • E-ISSN: 2269-8450 |
| Publisher | Association Œconomia (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.4000/oeconomia.11285 |
| OpenAlex | W3212038814 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This book is best seen as an impassioned plea for a better way to do economics, for which Keynes is the inspiration. Despite its title, it is not a biography of Keynes: it is more like a biography of Keynesianism, interpreted in a radical way. Carter writes: Keynesianism in this purest, simplest form is not so much a school of thought as a spirit of radical optimism... [S]uch optimism is a vital and necessary element of everyday life. It is the spirit that propels us to go on living in the face
Democracy · Economic history · Economics · Keynesian economics · Macroeconomics · Monetary economics · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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