Just bought a paperback copy (in the Classics of World Literature series) of Keynes’ “The General Theory of Employment…” that has appended his “Economic Consequences of the Peace”.
I bought it to read the latter. Anyone interested in the fallout of WW1, the devious political trickery that resulted in an impossible reparations ultimatum on the Germans, and Keynes’ demolition of these crushing demands with his usual pointedness and, even for him, unusually lacerating language will find it a good read – and at £4.99 an absolute bargain.
Even Bertrand Russell, who was no slouch or reticent in intellectual argument, said he took his life in his hands when arguing with Keynes and “seldom emerged without feeling something of a fool”. I can now see why…
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Or zero at project gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Economic+Consequences+of+the+Peace&submit_search=Go%21
epub, kindle etc
Agree that Keynes is well worth reading
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epub, kindle etc
Agree that Keynes is well worth reading
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Indeed - both long out of copyright, hence the cheap electronic texts.
I prefer a well-produced paperback. Everyone to their own.
I prefer a well-produced paperback. Everyone to their own.
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It's also available as an audio book on audible. I'll need to listen to it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/General-Theory ... C88&sr=1-1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/General-Theory ... C88&sr=1-1
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scotview wrote:It's also available as an audio book on audible. I'll need to listen to it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/General-Theory ... C88&sr=1-1
I tried. I confess that I was seriously hampered because I really dislike the money printer.
Possibly I should try again.
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