John Maynard: 31 books

«Il mondo è sempre meno disposto ad aspettarsi un miracolo, a credere cioè che le cose si rimetteranno a posto da sole, senza alcuna nostra iniziativa.» John Maynard Keynes   Tre motivi per leggerlo:   Perché Prosperità è l’esempio di una economia dal volto umano, sempre rivedibile, mai...

In the light of subsequent history, Essays of Persuasion is a remarkably prophetic volume covering a wide range of issues in political economy. In articles on the Versailles Treaty, John Maynard Keynes foresaw all too clearly that excessive Allied demands for reparations and indemnities would lead...

Aborigines and the ‘Sport of Kings’ is a celebration of the significant involvement and impact of Aboriginals in Australian horse racing history. Beginning with the remarkable history of Australian Aboriginal people’s first contact with horses and how the European animals caused them bewilderment...

La Teoría general de Keynes ha adquirido un lugar destacado en la literatura económica de nuestros días y su objeto es ocuparse de las cuestiones de la teoría y sólo secundariamente de sus aplicaciones prácticas. Es, sobre todo, un estudio de las fuerzas que determinan los cambios en la escala de preocupación y de ocupación como un todo.

Tutta la verità della situazione politico economica che stiamo vivendo oggi la ritroviamo nel dialogo di ottant’anni fa tra il grande banchiere Josiah Stamp, che ripropone il mito dell’eticità e della positività delle politiche di austerity, e Keynes, che difende la spesa...

In The End of Laissez-faire, Keynes presents a brief historical review of laissez-faire economic policy. Though he agrees in principle that the marketplace should be free of government interference, he suggests that government can play a constructive role in protecting individuals from the worst harms...

Keynes and his wife, Lydia Lopokova, visited Russia in September 1925 soon after their marriage, he as official representative of Cambridge University at the bicentennial celebrations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Following the visit, he wrote the three articles which were later published as...

Indian Currency and Finance is an overview of the rupee, gold standard, and banking system, writtein in 1913.

Extrait : "L'émanation chimique qui giclait de son corps m'assommait. Elle m'abrutissait, pour être plus juste. Alors, je suivais ses pas, robotisé par l'instant. Je continuais à marcher les yeux fermés, fasciné, imaginant à quoi pouvait ressembler...

È in seguito alla prima guerra mondiale che Keynes pubblica Per una revisione del Trattato (A revision of the Treaty, 1922), in cui sostiene che le pesanti riparazioni imposte alla Germania dai paesi vincitori avrebbero portato alla rovina l'economia tedesca a causa degli squilibri che le avrebbero...

The Economic Consequences of the Peace, which I published in December 1919, has been reprinted from time to time without revision or correction. So much has come to our knowledge since then, that a revised edition of that book would be out of place. I have thought it better, therefore, to leave it...

The Economic Consequences of the Peace, which I published in December 1919, has been reprinted from time to time without revision or correction. So much has come to our knowledge since then, that a revised edition of that book would be out of place. I have thought it better, therefore, to leave it...

Alfred Zampa didn't know what he was getting into when he took a construction job in 1925 on the Carquinez Bridge, one of the first to cross San Francisco Bay. Despite the risk, Zampa relished the challenge and embarked on an illustrious career that made him a local legend. His impressive feats of...