This book gives an interesting view in to Keynes fascinating life - he lived among the greatest artists, intellectuals, financiers and politicians of his day, and somehow managed to be both glamorous and idealistic the whole time. At least as fascinating is the long-standing influence of Keynes’ ideas, which the book traces through the financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath. A great read- enjoyable and enlightening

I only dabble in trying to to understand economics - this book gave significant clarification to an economist whose influence I was always curious about, but whose work seemed for so long to be too elusive for me to internalize in my thoughts. It’s very well written, with painstaking application of theory to the real world. My only criticism is that the last sections become completely US-centric, barely mentioning the progress of Keynesianism even through his home, the UK, after WWII. I still would recommend it to anyone with an interest in the application of ecomomic theory to history and politics.

Zach Carter fulfilled my wishes and more. I now know who Keynes was and how he influenced US and european economies during the last centiury. I also learned about the foundations of neoliberalism and how this ideology has brought us so low in the 21st century.

Riveting biography, economic and political history all in one. A triumph.