In the aftermath of the financial crisis, world leaders and influential economists are once again turning to the ideas of John Maynard Keynes. Keynes is widely regarded as one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. His work revolutionised economic thinking in the 1930s, and his ideas and policies were followed by Governments around the world up until the 1970s.
Keynes on the Wireless brings together transcripts of John Maynard Keynes' famous BBC wireless broadcasts, covering the world economy during and in the aftermath of the Great Depression and moving into the first year of World War II. With an introduction by Donald Moggridge, co-editor of the 'Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes', this unique anthology provides an insight into Keynes' influence and legendary contribution to economics, which still resonates today.
This unique compilation of Keynes' BBC broadcasts includes an Introduction by Donald Moggridge
'Keynes was not only a great economist but also a great communicator. His radio broadcasts, edited and introduced by one of his most insightful biographers, are easy to understand and they offer a simple but introduction to ideas that are as important now as when they were broadcast.' - Roger E. Backhouse, University of Birmingham, UK and Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
'Keynes revealed great talent in using an intimate medium to give popular expositions of the remedies he was advocating in his serious writings. This book reprints the scripts of twenty-one of these broadcasts, each of which is expertly introduced by Donald Moggridge, the editor of the Royal Economic Society edition in which they originally appeared.' Donald Winch, University of Sussex, UK
' what gives me most pleasure is his prose lucid, exact and well-mannered.' Joan Bakewell, The Observer
'...an excellent new collection...' - The Daily Mail