The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
As we learn in The Price of Peace, John Maynard Keynes’ journey began at the dawn of World War I with an odd, frantic trip in the sidecar of his brother-in-law’s motorcycle that would change the course of history. Swept away from his placid home at Cambridge University by the currents of the conflict, Keynes found himself thrust into the halls of European treasuries to arrange emergency loans and packed off to America to negotiate the terms of economic combat. Read more…