Keynes John



John Maynard Keynes, Great Cambridge Association!







A small postcard signed by renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) as "JM Keynes" at lower right recto and also hand-addressed by him verso. Written at King's College at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England on September 30, 1939. The postcard has a "King's College, Cambridge" preprinted letterhead. Bearing a cancelled George VI carmine 1 pence stamp and twice postmarked. With a minor paper clip rust impression at upper left recto, and expected weathering, else near fine. 4.5" x 3.5".







(recto)







[typed] "You kindly told me the name and address of your landlord for me to apply about the work we had to do on the party rain-water stack. But I have mislaid it. Could you remind me?







[signed] JM Keynes







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[inscribed] C.K. Ogden Esq


45 Gordon Square


WC."







Keynes's note requesting a repairman recommendation underscores the fact that the world-famous economic theorist was also an everyday man.







John Maynard Keynes is considered one of the founders of macroeconomics. He challenged the traditional idea that free markets should remain just that, instead advocating for top-to-bottom monetary policies that would stimulate recessive or depressive economies. His General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936) secured his prominence in the field, as did subsequent publications. Following the 2007-2008 Great Recession, interest in Keynesian economic policy has been revived.







Keynes's correspondent "C.K. Ogden Esq" was Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), another Cambridge intellectual. Keynes had attended King's College while Ogden had gone to Magdalene College, both at the University of Cambridge. Ogden was an accomplished writer, editor, translator, and linguistic theorist who founded numerous clubs at Cambridge, among them the Cambridge Magazine (1912-1922) and the Cambridge Heretics Society (1909-1932). The clubs' many important members and contributors included Keynes, George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Siegfried Sassoon, Thomas Hardy, Bertrand Russell, and others.







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