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John Maynard Keynes

A Study in the Psychology of Original Work

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  • © 1994

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  1. Piero V. Mini
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 1-13

  3. Essentialism and Existentialism

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 14-31

  4. Probability

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 32-46

  5. The War Years

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 47-71

  6. New Uncertainties

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 72-83

  7. Speculation

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 84-93

  8. The Twenties

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 94-106

  9. The Macmillan Committee and the Treatise

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 107-119

  10. Platonic Forms

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 120-133

  11. Classical Economics as Platonic Forms

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 134-147

  12. Existentialism and Keynes

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 148-163

  13. Existentialism in The General Theory

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 164-182

  14. The Second World War

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 183-213

  15. Was Keynes an Economist?

    • Piero V. Mini
    Pages 214-226

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 227-254
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Keynes's personality was fixed by the clash between Moorean values - other-worldliness, idealism, pacifism - and Keynes's own nature which craved and attained worldly success, wealth and social influence and approbation. The result was an 'existential' outlook that caused him to become particularly sensitive to the human condition, to human suffering and to real concern. Accordingly, Keynes came to see the world through human, down-to-earth, social nd psychological categories, which were opposed to the 'devine' Platonism of classical economics. This book is thus opposed to the recent probability-based interpretations of Keynes's mature work.

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