One of the most influential economists of the 20th century, his ideas are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economic.John Maynard Keynes was an English economist, whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments.He built on and greatly refined earlier work on the causes of business cycles.He detailed these ideas in his magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Mon...

Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. All of our collections include a linked table of contents.John Maynard Keynes was an influential English economist who greatly changed the theory of macroeconomics and the policies of governments. Keynes refined earlier works on the causes of business cycles and his ideas form what has become known as Keynesian e...

The Economic Consequences of the Peace was written and published by John Maynard Keynes. After World War I, Keynes attended the Versailles Conference as a delegate of the British Treasury and argued for a much more generous peace. It was a best seller throughout the world and was critical in establishing a general opinion that the Versailles Treaty was a "Carthaginian peace." It helped to consolidate American public opinion against the treaty and involvement in the League of Nations. The p...

Explore the ideas that reshaped modern economics with the Complete Works of John Maynard Keynes, a comprehensive collection from one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. John Maynard Keynes revolutionized economic thinking with his groundbreaking theories on government intervention, employment, and financial stability. The Foundation of Modern Macroeconomics This collection includes Keynes’ most important writings, including The General Theory of Employment, Interest ...

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is Keynes' masterpiece published right after the Great Depression. It sought to bring about a revolution, commonly referred to as the "Keynesian Revolution", in the way economists thought - especially challenging the proposition that a market economy tends naturally to restore itself to full employment on its own. Regarded widely as the cornerstone of Keynesian thought, this book challenged the established classical economics and introdu...

John Maynard Keynes was an English economist, journalist and financier, best known for his economic theories on the causes of prolonged unemployment. He was also a noted writer of brief biographies of leading figures of his day, offering a masterclass in intellectual portraiture. His landmark work ‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money’ advocated a remedy for economic recession based on a government-sponsored policy of full employment. By the late 1930’s, leading Wes...

Economics is a social science concerned with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. It studies how individuals, businesses, governments, and nations make choices about how to allocate resources.Economics can generally be broken down into macroeconomics, which concentrates on the behavior of the economy as a whole, and microeconomics, which focuses on individual people and businesses.The founding of modern Western economics generally credited to t...

In the light of subsequent history, Essays of Persuasion is a remarkably prophetic volume covering a wide range of issues in political economy. In articles on the Versailles Treaty, John Maynard Keynes foresaw all too clearly that excessive Allied demands for reparations and indemnities would lead to the economic collapse of Germany. In Keynes' essays on inflation and deflation, the reader can find ideas that were to become the foundations of his most renowned treatise, "The Gener...

Essays In Persuasion, which was first published in 1931, was author John Maynard Keynes' first volume of collected essays. In it he gathered together various writings on public affairs from 1919-1931, including some extracts from his published books. The essays taken as a whole embody forecasts and recommendations made by the author on a variety of subjects which can now be checked by the course of events.Essays In Persuasion is divided into five sections which deal respectively wit...

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is Keynes' masterpiece published right after the Great Depression. It sought to bring about a revolution, commonly referred to as the "Keynesian Revolution", in the way economists thought - especially challenging the proposition that a market economy tends naturally to restore itself to full employment on its own. Regarded widely as the cornerstone of Keynesian thought, this book challenged the established classical economics and introdu...

Of the fifteen famous scientists, economists and statesmen sketched in this collection of essays, which was first published in 1933, John Maynard Keynes was directly acquainted with all but three. The unique quality of immediacy in these biographical fragments contributes immensely to our more intimate appreciation of the historical significance of these men.This volume is made up of two parts:The first part, titled Sketches of Politicians, includes chapters on Lloyd George, ...

"The Economic Consequences of the Peace" by John Maynard Keynes is a critical analysis of the Treaty of Versailles and its economic implications for Europe after World War I. Keynes argues that the harsh reparations imposed on Germany would lead to economic instability and resentment, ultimately threatening peace in the region. His insights highlight the interconnectedness of economic policy and political stability, emphasizing that punitive measures can have far-reaching consequences. The...