John Maynard Keynes and the French Connection

Abstract

Very little is known of the influence of overseas economists upon the work of John Maynard Keynes. In this paper, the authors examine how Keynes changed his views as a result of his correspondence with Marcel Labordere over the period from 1911 to 1945. They focus upon a number of areas, including monetary statistics and the psychology of the speculator, the business cycle, and The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Copyright 1997 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd and The Victoria University of Manchester