SCOPE & METHOD OF POLITICAL ECONOMY by John neville Keynes M.A., D.Sc.

Description: SCOPE & METHOD OF POLITICAL ECONOMY BY JOHN NEVILLE KEYENES M.A., D.Sc ________________________________ ABOUT THIS BOOKJohn Neville Keynes (1852–1949) has, in association with Alfred Marshall and his son John Maynard, decisively shaped the development of economic theory from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. He started lecturing on formal logic at Pembroke College (Cambridge) in the 1870s He became a university lecturer in his preferred subject, political economy, within the framework of the moral sciences. The return of Alfred Marshall as professor of political economy severely limited his possibilities in this field and confined his teaching of political economy to an elementary course for Indian Civil Service candidates. Given this, he increasingly turned to academic administration where he was associated with the reform of the moral sciences tripos 1885–97 and the creation of an economics tripos 1897–1908 to finally occupy the top bureaucratic post, University Registrar, from 1910 to 1925. Neville Keynes was not a charismatic lecturer. However, students ‘found his methodical, clear headed approach to formal logic particularly helpful when preparing for examinations. They were often explicitly grateful for the time and effort he put into giving advice and detailed explanations’. In mid-1883 he felt sufficiently in control of his material on formal logic to write a students’ manual which was published as Studies and Exercises on Formal Logic early in 1884. There were a few critical remarks, but on the whole the book was a great success. Marshall spoke of ‘a beautiful specimen of thorough Cambridge work’. The fourth edition, again extensively rewritten, enlarged and further improved, came out in 1906 and became a classic to be reprinted twice in 1917 and 1928. Neville’s 23-year-old son, Maynard, significantly remarked in a letter to his father: ‘The worst of your book is that when one is reading it everything seems so hopelessly obvious and uncontroversial’ However, by its very nature, formal logic requires clear and uncontroversial exposition. The clear and methodological thinking acquired through teaching and writing on formal logic enabled Neville Keynes to write a crucially important book on the scope and methodof political economy and to become a great university administrator who decisively shaped the academic climate at Cambridge. Please check pictures and don't hesitate to ask if you have any queries! H108

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