John Maynard Keynes

by Hession

This biography of the controversial economist draws on newly discovered personal correspondence to shed light on the sources of, and major influences on, his thinking, including a new analysis of the Bloomsbury ethos

400 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1984

Reviews

[Charles Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This may be the first time I rated a book that I only HALF-READ. The truth is I got everything I wanted from the book by p. 200: I wanted to know about 1) the homosexuality of Keynes and his love affair with Duncan Grant and 2) his connection with the Bloomsbury Group (Virginia Woolf, Lytton Strachey, Vanessa Stephen, Leonard Woolf, and Keynes's elusive lover, the painter Duncan Grant, who fathered a child with Vanessa Stephen while she was married to Clive Brown!). Bohemian indeed!

There was more valuable information about the Bloomsbury Group in this biography of Keynes that I have found in book-length studies of the Bloomsbury Group. Further, it provided me a reading list for further study and exploration of the Bloomsbury Group. As for Keynes's groundbreaking economic theories and their impact on the 20th century and beyond . . . ALL lost on me, alas.