Essays in Persuasion
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)  was one of the greatest economic theorists of  the twentieth century. He was chairman of the  liberal journal of opinion The Nation  and economics advisor for more than thirty years to British governments. He wrote several books,  including his masterpiece, The General  Theory of Employment, Essays in Persuasion, Interest and Money,  the two-volume Treatise on Money, and  A Tract on Monetary Reform.