Further issues on the Keynes--Hume connection relating to the theory of financial markets in the <italic>General Theory</italic>

<title>Abstract</title>A basic presupposition of the rediscovery, in the times of the crisis, of chapter 12 of the <italic>General Theory</italic> is that Keynes's treatment of financial markets, and particularly the use of the notion of convention, represents a crucial novelty in both his economics and philosophy. The article offers complicating remarks to critically discuss this interpretation. In particular, we analyse the complex Keynes--Hume theoretical connection in light of the Keynes--Sraffa correspondence on Hume's <italic>Abstract</italic>, and emphasise the theoretical legacy of Keynes's 1910 lectures on speculation for the analysis of financial markets in the <italic>General Theory</italic>.