This highly original book provides a fresh perspective on the modern global economy. Taking Keynes's prediction of the capitalist twenty-first century as a benchmark, it contrasts the leisure-seeking stationary state envisaged by Keynes with the workaholic dynamism of today. Revisiting Keynes will appeal to anyone interested in globalization -- and especially to those who worry about the future of their children and grandchildren -- Mark Casson, Professor of Economics, University of Reading
Lorenzo Pecchi is Managing Director at UniCredit Markets and Investment Banking Division and Adjunct Professor at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Gustavo Piga is Professor of Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.
In this book, Keynes's essay (which says as much about his
outsider-insider position in the Bloomsbury Group as anything else)
serves as the ink blot in a Rorschach test for leading contemporary
economists. Their interpretations of it reveal some of their
underlying attitudes to economy and society, just as he revealed
his when he wrote it.
*Economic History Review*
The differences in the contributors' research backgrounds and
disposition toward Keynesian ideas add richness to the analysis as
they bring their own perspectives to bear on Keynes' work and most
readers will likely agree that the book could not be more
timely.
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