Toshiaki Hirai is Emeritus Professor at Sophia University. He is editor-in-chief of The Review of Keynesian Studies, published by the Keynes Society Japan.

Details Keynes' role in defining UK employment policy

Examines how Keynes put together the International Clearing Union plan

Explores the overlooked debates between Keynes and Hawtrey

1. Introduction.- 2. Keynes's Theory in the Making.- 3. How Did Keynes Transform His Theory from the Tract into the Treatise?.- 4. How, and for How Long Did Keynes Maintain The Treatise Theory?.- 5. The Turning Point in Keynes's Theoretical Development.- 6. Keynes as a Planner and Negotiator - International Clearing Union.- 7. Keynes and the Transmutation Process of the Plan for Commodity Control Scheme.- 8. International Design and the British Empire - On the Relief Problem.- 9. The Welfare State in the Making - Beveridge and Keynes.- 10. Keynes's Employment Policy in the Making - The Keynesian Revolution in Economic Policy.- 11. A Treatise on Probability and My Early Beliefs.- 12. Keynes's New Liberalism Re-Examined.- 13. Hawtrey's Philosophy through His Unpublished Thought and Things.- 14. Hawtrey on Welfare and Value.- 15. Exploring Hawtrey's Social Philosophy through His Unpublished Book.- 16. Prof. Aoyama's Study on Robertson and Keynes in Interwar Japan.- 17. Keynes and Monetary Economics.- 18. Recent Japanese Studies in the Development on Keynes's Thought.