Book contents
- Keynes in Action
- Keynes in Action
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 What Really Happened at Paris? Keynes and Dulles
- 2 What Really Happened at Paris? The War Guilt Clause
- 3 ‘You Are Very Famous, Maynard’
- 4 The Truth About Lloyd George
- 5 Yielding to Ramsey
- 6 Yielding to Realities
- 7 Truths between Friends
- 8 Truths between Friends
- 9 The Road to Bretton Woods
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Biographical Works on Keynes
- Index
3 - ‘You Are Very Famous, Maynard’
Keynes and the Manchester Guardian
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2022
- Keynes in Action
- Keynes in Action
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 What Really Happened at Paris? Keynes and Dulles
- 2 What Really Happened at Paris? The War Guilt Clause
- 3 ‘You Are Very Famous, Maynard’
- 4 The Truth About Lloyd George
- 5 Yielding to Ramsey
- 6 Yielding to Realities
- 7 Truths between Friends
- 8 Truths between Friends
- 9 The Road to Bretton Woods
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Biographical Works on Keynes
- Index
Summary
Publication of the Economic Consequences made Keynes an internationally famous figure. Its analysis was embraced by the liberal left in Britain, scorned by the nationalist right in France, more ambiguously received in the United States. But his fame was now undeniable – and immediately recognised by the Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova with whom Keynes now began an affair that was to lead to their marriage. In particular this chapter uses Lydia’s letters as a lens through which we can see the impact of Keynes’s crucial venture into journalism. For he was now commissioned by the Manchester Guardian, Britain’s most eminent liberal newspaper, in a double role. Thus he covered the international Genoa conference for the paper in 1922, giving him insight on Lloyd George’s new role as a ‘revisionist’ intent on conciliating Europe. And Keynes also edited a series of special supplements for the paper that sought to propagate a more wide-ranging analysis of the problems facing reconstruction in Europe. The fact that these were now written in a more accessible form, with Lydia’s encouragement, was thus a crucial step for Keynes in propagating his ideas for a wider readership.
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- Keynes in ActionTruth and Expediency in Public Policy, pp. 72 - 95Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022