Name: The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
ISBN: 9780156347112

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Markets in Question

A landmark challenge to self-correcting markets, still entangled in arguments about employment and public spending.

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The case against markets reliably restoring full employment on their own
A foundational argument in economic theory

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Economic arguments that remain contested long after the Great Depression

Book Details

Authors: John Maynard Keynes
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: May 12, 1965
Format: Paperback
Theme: Economic Theory · Comparative Economics
Reading lane: Economic Theory

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Macroeconomics
Money & Monetary Policy
Economic Theory

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One of Time's 100 Most Important People of the Twentieth Century, John Maynard Keynes revolutionized economic thinking with The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money.Published following the Great Depression, this classic challenged the established classical economics, particularly the proposition that a market economy tends naturally to restore itself to full employment on its own. More relevant than ever in the twenty-first century, the principles of the "Keynes...

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One of Time's 100 Most Important People of the Twentieth Century, John Maynard Keynes revolutionized economic thinking with The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money.Published following the Great Depression, this classic challenged the established classical economics, particularly the proposition that a market economy tends naturally to restore itself to full employment on its own. More relevant than ever in the twenty-first century, the principles of the "Keynesian Revolution" continue to be debated in a world ravaged by inequitable economic circumstances. "[Keynes's] radical idea that governments should spend money they don't have may have saved capitalism."—Time