TY - BOOK AU - Skidelsky,Robert TI - John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946: economist, philosopher, statesman SN - 0143036157 AV - HB103.K47 S572 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Books KW - Keynes, John Maynard, KW - Economists KW - Great Britain KW - Biography N1 - "A selection of material taken from John Maynard Keynes vol. 1 -- Hopes betrayed (1983) ... vol. 2 -- The economist as saviour (1992) ... vol. 3 -- Fighting for Britain (2000). [London : Macmillan London, 1983-2000]"--T.p. verso; "This compiled and abridged one-volume edition first published in the U.K. by Pan Books ... 2003"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. 855-885) and index N2 - "John Maynard Keynes was one of the seminal thinkers of the twentieth century, a luminary whose groundbreaking ideas remain even today at the center of political and economic discussion. In this work of clarity and erudition, Robert Skidelsky offers a revised and abridged version of his award-winning three-volume biography of Keynes, which has long been acclaimed as the authoritative account of the great economist-statesman's life. In one definitive volume, Skidelsky examines in its entirely 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 and influences of a passionate visionary."--BOOK JACKET ER -