Keynes vs Mémoires: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Economists, Biography & Memoir
Keynes
The ideas of John Maynard Keynes have never been more timely. No one has bettered Keynes's description of the psychology of investors during a financial crisis: ‘The practice of calmness and immobility, of certainty and…
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Mémoires
L'Histoire place désormais Jean Monnet parmi les quelques hommes du XXe siècle qui, par leur action, ont infléchi le destin du monde et transformé nos conditions de vie.En fait, ses Mémoires, devenus aujourd'hui…
The verdict
- Keynes is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 11 for Mémoires.
Reception
| Keynes | Mémoires | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | — |
| Editions | 20 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 39482 | 502 |
| Pages | 222 | 642 |