In this book, I have attempted to describe the arc of Keynes's thinking on economic, social, and political developments in Britain and elsewhere from WWI through his death in 1946 and to defend the proposition that he wanted to replace capitalism with Liberal Socialism.
My interpretation of Keynes's views on these issues clashes rather dramatically with the standard interpretation held by what I have referred to as Mainstream Keynesianism, the semiofficial view of Keynes's legacy in theory and policy in the post-WWII era, especially, but not exclusively, in the USA. In this concluding chapter, I offer some thoughts on four aspects of Keynes's political economy that might help in the search for solutions to the serious economic problems that confront us in the current era.