A Wider View of John Maynard Keynes : Beyond the General Theory of Employment

Introduction: an overture to Keynes : major economic writings -- Keynes and the Indian currency system -- The economic consequences of the peace -- The Manchester Guardian supplements and a tract on monetary reform -- The economic consequences of Mr. Churchill -- A treatise on money -- The means to prosperity and national autarky -- The general theory of employment, interest and money -- How to pay for the war -- The clearing union proposal and Bretton woods -- The Anglo-American loan -- Epilogue. Most works on John Maynard Keynes deal with his General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money and his theory of unemployment. Much less well-known are his publications on money, finance, and international trade. This book fills that void by providing an analysis of Keynes’ works from “Indian Currency and Finance” to “The Proposal for a Currency Union.” It seeks to show that his concerns extended beyond his magnum opus to include the monetary and financial concerns of Great Britain and the world at large. This book analyzes Keynes' less well-known publications on money, finance, and international trade in order to show that his concerns extended beyond his magnum opus to include the monetary and financial concerns of Great Britain and the world at large.