ECON 6050 - Keynes on Paradox, Common Sense, Rationality and Passion

Meets with ECON 5050. Graduate students should register for ECON 6050 and will be held to higher standards and/or additional work. John Maynard Keynes, the last worldly philosopher, led a storied life as heretical theoretician, international statesperson, policy work, prolific writer, self-made millionaire, member of the Apostles and Bloomsberries. Aspects of his various careers will be examined by reading and discussing his original writings.