The General Theory Of Employment, Interest And Money Av John Maynard Keynes, Jonathan Keeble

John Maynard Keynes is perhaps the foremost economic thinker of the 20th century. He ranks with Adam Smith and Karl Marx; and his impact on how economics was practiced, from the Great Depression to the 1970s, was unmatched.

<p><em>The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money</em><span> is Keynes'' masterpiece published right after the Great Depression. It sought to bring about a revolution, commonly referred to as the "Keynesian...

Classical economics suggests that market economies are self-correcting in times of recession or depression, and tend toward full employment and output. But English economist John Maynard Keynes disagrees. In his ground-breaking 1936 study The General...