Name: The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Great Minds)
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Author: John Maynard Keynes
ISBN: 9781573921398

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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Great Minds)

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Maynard Keynes

Publisher

Prometheus Books

Year

1997

Language

English

Pages

403

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.1 x 2.6 cm

Weight

0.50 kg.

ISBN

1573921394

ISBN13

9781573921398

Synopsis "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (Great Minds) "

Distinguished British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) set off a series of movements that drastically altered the ways in which economists view the world. In his most important work, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936), Keynes critiqued the laissez-faire policies of his day, particularly the proposition that a normally functioning market economy would bring full employment. Keynes's forward-looking work transformed economics from merely a descriptive and analytic discipline into one that is policy oriented. For Keynes, enlightened government intervention in a nation's economic life was essential to curbing what he saw as the inherent inequalities and instabilities of unregulated capitalism.

John Maynard Keynes

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John Maynard Keynes (Cambridge, 1883 – Sussex, 1946) was an influential British economist whose ideas radically transformed the theory and economic policy of the 20th century. Educated at Eton and the University of Cambridge, he was a member of the Bloomsbury Group and had a distinguished career as a civil servant, academic, and advisor to the British government. His macroeconomic theory laid the foundations for what would later be known as Keynesian economics, advocating state intervention to stabilize the economic cycle.

Among his most recognized works are The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919), A Revision of the Treaty (1922), A Treatise on Money (1930), and The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money (1936), the latter considered his magnum opus. Although he did not receive formal awards in his lifetime, his legacy is immense and his influence has endured in the economic policy of numerous countries, especially after the Great Depression and World War II.

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