Summary of Nicholas Wapshott's Keynes Hayek

Download or read book Summary of Nicholas Wapshott's Keynes Hayek written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-03-09T22:59:00Z with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The debate between Keynes and Hayek, two of the greatest economists of their time, was sparked by a simple request for a book. Hayek asked Keynes for Edgeworth’s Mathematical Psychics, which Keynes had already used all of. #2 Keynes was not just a fellow of King’s College, Cambridge, but he was also famous worldwide because of his role as a British Treasury negotiator at the Paris Peace Conference, which brought the cataclysm of World War I to an end. #3 The war was the most destructive in history. It was fought over territory and world trade, and it marked the end of a chivalrous age and the dawn of the modern era. Keynes was a hero to many Central Europeans because of his criticism of British, French, and American leaders for levying crippling reparations on those in the remnants of the defeated alliance. #4 Keynes was not handsome, but he had a commanding physical presence. He was six foot six inches tall and had a slight stoop, which he had acquired as a lofty schoolboy. He was not slow to notice the magnetism of the brilliant conversationalist Hayek.