The Queen of England famously asked her economic advisers why none of them had seen "it" (the global financial crisis) coming. Obviously, the answer is complex, but it must include reference to the evolution of macroeconomic theory over the postwar period - from the "Age of Keynes" through the...

Introduction: an overture to Keynes : major economic writings -- Keynes and the Indian currency system -- The economic consequences of the peace -- The Manchester Guardian supplements and a tract on monetary reform -- The economic consequences of Mr. Churchill -- A treatise on money -- The means...