John Maynard Keynes was a 20th century British economist who developed a theory about government policy in relation to private sector business. His macroeconomics approach was to use government ...

British economist, John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) wrote his seminal "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" in 1935. This book has been the cornerstone of economic practice for ...

In 1930, the English economist John Maynard Keynes took a break from writing about the problems of the interwar economy and indulged in a bit of futurology. In an essay entitled “Economic ...

The Cambridge economist Joan Robinson (1903-83) was a colleague of John Maynard Keynes, who maintained that the state could get an economy out of a slump by spending money to stimulate demand.

John Maynard Keynes is often associated with government intervention, but his investment strategy reveals a die-hard capitalist, argues John Wasik. Debating the Legacy of John Maynard Keynes ...

Some have lasted as short as two years and others as long as 12 years. Early economists such as John Maynard Keynes and Adam Smith laid the theoretical groundwork upon which future economists have ...

No policy inspired by John Maynard Keynes’ guidance on government involvement in the economy could simultaneously address both inflation and unemployment as problems. Fearing an adverse impact ...

Then the global system malfunctions. The starting point here needs to be with a proposition fundamental to the economics of John Maynard Keynes: actual spending activates potential savings.

Ms Ley was elected as the first female leader of the federal Liberal Party on Tuesday, defeating rival candidate Angus Taylor with 29 partyroom votes to the shadow treasurer's 25. She won the ...

I suspect the vote reflects a deep-rooted disappointment that John Maynard Keynes’ vision for ACE as a body that would “decentralise and disperse the dramatic and musical life of the country ...

At the retreat, the British economist John Maynard Keynes argued that the new system should include a mechanism for limiting trade imbalances, but the United States rejected that idea. The ...