John Maynard Keynes

Maynard Keynes, heralded in his own time by the press as "our greatest living economist", is acknowledged as one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. This set presents contemporary responses to Keynes and provides a range of reviews, academic assessments and scholarly essays on Keynes' published works. This important collection draws upon a wide range of sources, from the popular press to academic journals, and includes responses from Germany, Italy, and France as well as the UK and North America. Volume One contains reviews of "Indian Currency and Finance" (1913), "The Economic Consequences of Peace" (1919), "The Revision of the Treaty" (1921), "A Treatise on Probability" (1921), "A Tract on Monetary Reform" (1923), "The End of Laissez-Faire" (1926) and "Laissez-Faire and Communism" (1926). Volume Two contains reviews of "A Treatise on Money" (1930), "Unemployment as a World Problem" (1931), "Essays in Persuasion" (1931), "Essays in Biography" (1933) and "The Means of Prosperity" (1933). Volume Three contains reviews of "The General Theory of Unemployment, Interest and Money" (1936) and "How to Pay for the War" (1940). Volume Four includes obituaries and final assessments.