keynes, john maynard

Text and accompanying photographs present the biography of noted economist John Maynard Keynes. Keynes always tried to create his own theories, free from society's hidebound economic or moral creeds; he was an unapologetically gay man defying conventions at every turn.

Bretton Woods is the name of a remote New Hampshire town where representatives of forty-four nations gathered in July, 1944 in a global attempt to work together. A "new Bretton Woods" refers to the world's attempt today to prevent catastrophe, economic disorder, and defuse political conflict.

Profiles the life and works of British economist John Maynard Keynes, whose work in the field strongly influenced modern macroeconomics.