The Economist (US), April 20th, 1996
A student of prominent economist John Maynard Keynes remembers him as a serious man who was able to present his ideas clearly and conversationally. He greatly examined the economic effects that surrounded unemployment, but is best known for his examinations of inflation and monetary theory.
WHEN I worked at The Economist for six months in 1946, one of my first assignments was to draft an obituary of Keynes. The draft was much revised and expanded by the editor, Geoffrey Crowther, and appeared as a first leader at the end of April. Geoffrey summed up as follows: "It must be left to posterity t...
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