Edited with an introduction by ROBERT SKIDELSKY' Many of the greatest economic evils of our time are the fruits of risk uncertainty & ignorance' John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist & one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century He overturned the orthodoxy that markets were optimally self-regulating & instead argued for state intervention to ensure full employment & economic stability This new selection is the first comprehensive single-volume edition of Keynes's writings on economics philosophy social theory & policy including several pieces never before published Full of irony & wit they offer a dazzling introduction to a figure whose ideas still have urgent relevance today