John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946 : economist, philosopher, statesman / Robert Skidelsky.

"This compiled and abridged one-volume edition first published in the U.K. by Pan Books ... 2003"--T.p. verso.

"A selection of material taken from John Maynard Keynes vol. 1 -- Hopes betrayed (1983) ... vol. 2 -- The economist as saviour (1992) ... vol. 3 -- Fighting for Britain (2000). [London : Macmillan London, 1983-2000]"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 855-885) and index.

Parts:
1. Duty and goodness
2. On the brink
3. The end of innocence
4. The economic consequences of the war
5. The cross of gold
6. The economist to the rescue
7. Paying for the war
8. Better than last time
9. The last battle.

Revised, abridged and with a new introduction detailing the thirty-year genesis of his work, Robert Skidelsky has tailored his three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes, acclaimed as the authoritative account of the great economist-statesman's life, into one definitive book." "Skidelsky tells the story of how an extraordinarily gifted young man came to concern himself with the practical problems of an age overshadowed by war. It is an intellectual and ideological journey that takes Keynes from the early influences of the Cambridge Apostles and the Bloomsbury set to practical experience at the India Office and the Treasury, a journey whose first stage culminates in the Paris Peace Conference and the writing of The Economic Consequences of the Peace. With all of Keynes' formidable intelligence and energy focused on overcoming the threat of the Great War to the 'possibility of civilization', the stage was set for the formation of a new economic philosophy." "By 1937 Keynes was the most famous economist in Britain and his contribution to the financing of the war effort, and to the building of the post-war economic order, was outstanding. So too was his role in the 'other war': Britain's struggle to maintain its independence within the Atlantic Alliance. The twilight years between peace and war were uncertain times for Keynes' health; however it was during this period that he demonstrated the full potential of his General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money and went on to complete his famous anti-inflationist tract How to Pay for the War, adopted as the basis of Kingsley Wood's budget of 1941. For the rest of his life Keynes was involved in difficult financial negotiations with the United States. When he died in 1946 Lionel Robbins wrote, 'He gave his life for his country, as surely as if he had fallen on the field of battle.'"--Jacket.