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Introducing Keynes: A Graphic Guide

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Introducing Keynes: A Graphic Guide
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Pugh
Illustrated by Chris Garratt
SeriesIntroducing...
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 168,Width 118
Category/GenreEconomic theory and philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9781848310650
ClassificationsDewey:330.156
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Icon Books
Imprint Icon Books
Publication Date 4 June 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

In the wake of the Great Depression, Keynes advocated that governments spend vast anounts of money to create jobs and prosperity. His ideas revolutionized government and helped create an economic consensus that was shattered only by the monetarism of Reagan and Thatcher's 1980s. Keynes himself was a complex man: an establishment figure who married a Russian ballerina in spite of his homosexuality. He was passionate about the arts and considered by all who met him to be supremely clever. Peter Pugh and Chris Garratt's graphic introduction is the essential read for anyone keen to understand this brilliant man and prophetic thinker.

Author Biography

Peter Pugh read History at Cambridge and is the author of more than 30 books on business and history, including the seminal guide to the Guinness scandal and a hugely acclaimed three-volume official history of Rolls-Royce, The Magic of a Name. Chris Garratt is an illustrator. He is the cartoonist behind the legendary 'Biff' comic strip in the Guardian.