Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-189) and index.

The power of ideas to affect policy -- Ideas and policies that created the first global economic crisis of the twenty-first century -- Reading tea leaves to "know" the future : classical theory's ideas about a capitalist system -- A penny spent is a penny earned : Keynes's ideas on a capitalist economy and the role of money -- The truth about the national debt and inflation -- After recovery comes reform -- Reforming international trade -- Reforming the world's money -- Moving toward a civilized economic society that Keynes would be proud of -- Who was John Maynard Keynes? A brief biography.