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The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is a book by English economist John Maynard Keynes published in February 1936. It caused a profound shift in economic thought, [1] giving macroeconomics a central place in economic theory and contributing much of its terminology [2] – the "Keynesian Revolution".
John Maynard Keynes believed that the products of surplus countries should be taxed to avoid trade imbalances. [95] Thus he no longer believes in the theory of comparative advantage (on which free trade is based) which states that the trade deficit does not matter, since trade is mutually beneficial.
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes [3] CB, FBA (/ k eɪ n z / KAYNZ; 5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was an English economist and philosopher whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments.
The phrase "supply creates its own demand" appears earlier, in quotes, in a 1934 letter of Keynes, [3] and has been suggested that the phrase was an oral tradition at Cambridge, in the circle of Joan Robinson, [3] and that it may have derived from the following 1844 formulation by John Stuart Mill: [4]
Keynes's simplified starting point is this: assuming that an increase in the money supply leads to a proportional increase in income in money terms (which is the quantity theory of money), it follows that for as long as there is unemployment wages will remain constant, the economy will move to the right along the marginal cost curve (which is ...
John Maynard Keynes attacked some of these "classical" theories and produced a general theory that described the whole economy in terms of aggregates rather than individual, microeconomic parts. Attempting to explain unemployment and recessions , he noticed the tendency for people and businesses to hoard cash and avoid investment during a ...
A Tract on Monetary Reform is a book by John Maynard Keynes, published in 1923. [1] Keynes presented an argument in favour of a policy that would try to stabilize the domestic price level. He argued that the Bank of England had the policy tools available to provide a semblance of price stability through its stance on interest rates and its ...
In Keynes's Treatise, he explained how recessions could happen, but not long-term depressions. He was able to address this further in The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money . In his General Theory, Keynes argued against the seesaw theory and said that the economy was more like an elevator that can stop at any level.