Keynes on Probability and Statistical Inference and the Links to Fisher.

John Maynard Keynes's work on probability and statistical inference remains of interest to economists largely because of continuing debate about methodological and philosophical issues in h is later economic writings. However, his work also influenced researche rs in probability and statistics. This paper examines some aspects of this, especially the impact Keynes may have on the great statisticia n R. A. Fisher, whose centenary was in 1990. Copyright 1992 by Oxford University Press.