Investors running to catch the stock market rally have brought the master's words to life
Reading Robert Skidelsky’s magisterial and incredibly stimulating guide to the second coming of Lord Keynes (Keynes: Th e Return of the Master) has been truly apocalyptic. Lord Keynes famously compared stock exchanges to a beauty contest. In his view, the trick was not to identify the most beautiful face but rather guess which one the other judges would find most appealing.
(This story appears in the 04 December, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)