The essential writings of the 20th century’s most influential economist, collected in one volumeToday, John Maynard Keynes is best remembered for his pioneering development of macroeconomics, and for his advocacy of active fiscal and monetary government policy. This uniquely comprehensive selection of his work, edited by Keynes’s award-winning biographer Robert Skidelsky, aims to make his work more accessible to both students of economics and the general reader. Al...

A prophetic masterpiece that shaped the course of the twentieth century.First published in 1919, The Economic Consequences of the Peace is John Maynard Keynes's searing indictment of the Treaty of Versailles. Drawing on his unique vantage point as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, Keynes exposes the flawed logic and vengeful spirit that drove the Allies to demand impossible reparations from a shattered Germany. With clarity and precision, he warns ...

What's It Like To Be Old? offers an anatomy of aging, beginning with the question, what is it like to be old. Individual poems explore a panoply of senior persons and psychologies. Succeeding poems then consider the ways in which older people experience the achievements or failures of aging life. The limits nature places on aging is the subject of the next poems. Ending in a section titled Ripeness, the sequence explores the pains and consolations of accepting old age and death. In this br...

Emeritus Professor of History, John Maynard, on the Socceroos journey through World Cup qualifying campaigns, with the two (print) volumes brought together in one e-book.Volume 1 starts with the campaign to make the 1966 World Cup in England, which ended for Australia in Phnom-Penh in 1965; includes the first time Australia qualified for the World Cup held in West Germany in 1974; and ends with the defeat in Montevideo in 2001 in the final play-off match against Uruguay. Volume 2 s...

One of the most influential economists of the 20th century, his ideas are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economic.John Maynard Keynes was an English economist, whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments.He built on and greatly refined earlier work on the causes of business cycles.He detailed these ideas in his magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Mon...

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is Keynes' masterpiece published right after the Great Depression. It sought to bring about a revolution, commonly referred to as the "Keynesian Revolution", in the way economists thought - especially challenging the proposition that a market economy tends naturally to restore itself to full employment on its own. Regarded widely as the cornerstone of Keynesian thought, this book challenged the established classical economics and introdu...

The General Theory Of Employment, Interest, And Moneyby John Maynard KeynesFrom one of the most influential economists of the modern era, Keynes and his "General Theory" shaped economic thought and government policies for decades to come. Out of this magnum opus arose the Keynesian school of economics. Keynes argues that the level of employment in a modern economy was determined by three factors: the marginal propensity to consume (income that people chose to spend on goods ...

"A Revision of the Treaty" by John Maynard Keynes is a critical examination of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I. Keynes, an influential economist, argues that the treaty's harsh reparations imposed on Germany would lead to economic instability and future conflict. He emphasizes the need for a more equitable approach to peace that considers the economic realities of the nations involved. His insights reflect a deep understanding of the interconnectedness of economics and po...

Golf Dreaming delves into the fascinating and often-overlooked Aboriginal connection to the game of golf.Historical accounts reveal that some traditional Aboriginal games bore similarities to golf, long before the sport gained global prominence.This history, by Emeritus Professor of History John Maynard, is rich in intriguing stories, from the barriers Aboriginal people faced in accessing golf courses and equipment, to the lesser-known connections between Australia...

This COMPLETE TRAINING GUIDE covers everything you need to know to successfully TRAIN & UNDERSTAND your Goldendoodle.This book is unique as it includes both BASIC obedience & ADVANCED TRAINING in one jargon free, easy to follow program. PLEASE NOTE: The Goldendoodle as such is not a Gundog/sporting dog, but the parent breed Golden Retriever is. The other relation being the Poodle, was originally used as a water dog retriever. The Standard Poodle in particular was originally known a...

The writer of this book was temporarily attached to the British Treasury during the war and was their official representative at the Paris Peace Conference up to June 7, 1919; he also sat as deputy for the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Supreme Economic Council. He resigned from these positions when it became evident that hope could no longer be entertained of substantial modification in the draft Terms of Peace.

The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind. Very few of us realize with conviction the intensely unusual, unstable, complicated, unreliable, temporary nature of the economic organization by which Western Europe has lived for the last half century. We assume some of the most peculiar and temporary of our late advantages as natural, permanent, and to be depended on, and we lay our plans accordingly. On this sandy and false foundation we scheme fo...