Economic Consequences of Peace

John Maynard Keynes was as awkward as he was brilliant.

He was 6’7” tall, and once rode in a motorcycle sidecar, giraffe-legs-akimbo, so that he could get to an important appointment on time.

Keynes with longtime love interest Lydia Lopokova

He was a keen painter, a bisexual, and a champion of women’s rights. A founder of the Bloomsbury Group, Keynes sucked up all of the intellectual energy wherever he went. The likes of Bertrand Russell, author of Principia Mathematica and A History of Western Philosophy, and Virginia Woolf were in awe of his ability to think and talk deeply in real time.

Very brief side note:

Victoria K. Walker

writes Beyond Bloomsbury on Substack; Victoria is a PhD researcher of the artists and writers of the Bloomsbury Group. Her page is well worth a look if you’re curious about this important and influential group.

The quirkiness and intellectual rigor of Bloomsbury combined in meaningful ways for Keynes. Just three years after moving into this community of intellectual titans, Keyn…