In 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that technological progress and economic growth would solve the ...

Julian Barnes opens Changing My Mind, his brisk new book about our unruly intellects, with a quote famously attributed to the ...

British economist John Maynard Keynes spearheaded a revolution in economic thinking that overturned the then-prevailing idea that free markets would automatically provide full employment—that is, that ...

If we squander chances for positive change, we are fools. Instead, we must recognize that we have many opportunities every ...

Ideally, he wanted to find a measure of uncertainty that captured popular sentiment and also reflected the policy environment. Working with two other economists—Scott R. Baker, of the Kellogg School ...

Observing his approach, I am reminded of John Maynard Keynes’ 1919 work, “The Economic Consequences of the Peace.” At 37, Keynes, then a Treasury official, attended the Paris Peace ...

John Maynard Keynes is one of the few economists who can justifiably be called a household name. His ideas remained hugely influential for many years after his death in 1946. But fewer people will ...

Keynesian economics comes from economist John Maynard Keynes, author of the 1936 book "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money." Keynes believed the government could manage demand to ...

Keynesian economics is a theory whose premise is that aggregate demand is a primary driver of the economy and employment. Keynesian economics is an economic theory, and the basic premise is that ...