 International Relations: Complexity, Interdependence and Multilateralism—A Tragic DilemmaAnna M. Carabelli ()
Chapter Chapter 8 in Keynes on Uncertainty and Tragic Happiness, 2021, pp 125-150 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract This chapter retraces Keynes’s way of reasoning on measure and on the role of tragic irreducible conflicts and dilemmas in his approach to international relations. The chapter shows how Keynes’s approach is a constant from his early Indian Currency and Finance (1913) to the General Theory and on to his Plan for Bretton Woods, the Clearing Union and his 1945 Memorandum. It also devotes great attention to the concept of the ‘fear of goods’ (a concept which stands for the love of money); a concept that Keynes borrows from mercantilism and he uses against mercantilist practices. This chapter again shows Keynes’s anti-utilitarian attitude and his dislike for the hoarding of money. Keynes is a moral scientist, a promoter of happiness scathingly critical of the love of money. The final part of the chapter is devoted to the current discussion on global imbalances and the euro-zone and to what Keynes would have proposed to overcome these global imbalances and the conditions for their reduction, had he been alive today. Date: 2021 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:pshchp:978-3-030-75665-9_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-75665-9_8 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought from Palgrave Macmillan |
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