The Return of the Master Robert Skidelsky’s is a compelling book about the ideas of the great economist John Maynard Keynes. The work offers insight into how Keynes’s theories explain today’s financial crises and serve as a guide for economic recovery measures.
Description
Robert Skidelsky’s The Return of the Master shows why the ideas of the great economist John Maynard Keynes remain as relevant as ever. Keynes argued that unregulated markets are unstable due to unforeseeable uncertainty. Therefore, active government policy using fiscal and monetary tools is necessary to stabilize the economy and prevent recessions.
The book includes quotations from Keynes himself as well as assessments by renowned economists and journalists, including Paul Krugman and Dominic Lawson. Skidelsky, emeritus professor of political economy, translates Keynes’s insights into today’s economic challenges.
Product specifications
- Author: Robert Skidelsky
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Format: B-format paperback
- Publication date: 2010-09-30
- Number of pages: 256
- ISBN: 9780141043609
- Subject: Economic theory and philosophy
- BISAC: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory
About the author
Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. He wrote a highly acclaimed trilogy on John Maynard Keynes and is an expert in economic history and theory. His work helps to deepen understanding of Keynes’s influence on economics and policy.