{"product_id":"the-price-of-peace-money-democracy-and-the-life-of-john-maynard-keynes-paperback","title":"The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZachary D. Carter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - An \"outstanding new intellectual biography of John Maynard Keynes [that moves] swiftly along currents of lucidity and wit\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), illuminating the world of the influential economist and his transformative ideas \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A timely, lucid and compelling portrait of a man whose enduring relevance is always heightened when crisis strikes.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER: The Arthur Ross Book Award Gold Medal - The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST: The National Book Critics Circle Award - The Sabew Best in Business Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY\u003c\/i\u003e AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Jennifer Szalai, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the dawn of World War I, a young academic named John Maynard Keynes hastily folded his long legs into the sidecar of his brother-in-law's motorcycle for an odd, frantic journey 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. The terror and anxiety unleashed by the war would transform him from a comfortable obscurity into the most influential and controversial intellectual of his day--a man whose ideas still retain the power to shock in our own time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKeynes was not only an economist but the preeminent anti-authoritarian thinker of the twentieth century, one who devoted his life to the belief that art and ideas could conquer war and deprivation. As a moral philosopher, political theorist, and statesman, Keynes led an extraordinary life that took him from intimate turn-of-the-century parties in London's riotous Bloomsbury art scene to the fevered negotiations in Paris that shaped the Treaty of Versailles, from stock market crashes on two continents to diplomatic breakthroughs in the mountains of New Hampshire to wartime ballet openings at London's extravagant Covent Garden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, Keynes reinvented Enlightenment liberalism to meet the harrowing crises of the twentieth century. In the United States, his ideas became the foundation of a burgeoning economics profession, but they also became a flash point in the broader political struggle of the Cold War, as Keynesian acolytes faced off against conservatives in an intellectual battle for the future of the country--and the world. Though many Keynesian ideas survived the struggle, much of the project to which he devoted his life was lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this riveting biography, veteran journalist Zachary D. Carter unearths the lost legacy of one of history's most fascinating minds. \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Peace\u003c\/i\u003e revives a forgotten set of ideas about democracy, money, and the good life with transformative implications for today's debates over inequality and the power politics that shape the global order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZachary D. Carter \u003c\/b\u003eis a senior reporter at \u003ci\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e, where he covers Congress, the White House, and economic policy. He is a frequent guest on cable news and news radio, and his written work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe American Prospect\u003c\/i\u003e, among other outlets. His story, \"Swiped: Banks, Merchants and Why Washington Doesn't Work for You\" was included in the \u003ci\u003eColumbia Journalism Review\u003c\/i\u003e's compilation \u003ci\u003eBest Business Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. 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