Economists Are Not Historians American Thinker In the 1930s, when economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, the governments of most prosperous nations -- and their debts -- were small, certainly when compared to today's government behemoths. and more » |
The Case for Austerity: Keynesianism, Pharaoh and the Frogs Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition ... has been run at the top by Keynesian elites, or politicians holding Keynesian ideas, ever since 1930 – six years before Keynes offered his unreadable justification of politicians' policies: "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. and more » |
How the bastardisation of Keynes is still haunting us Daily News & Analysis Keynes came up with this theory in his book The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money in 1936. This book had ideas based on the study of the Great Depression. During those days, it was not fashionable for governments to run fiscal deficits ... |
Marginal Tax Rates and Economic Performance OpEdNews Keynes made such an argument as far back as 1936 in his book the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Since then , tax cuts as instruments of growth in an economic downturn have been a staple of fiscal policy. and more » |
Krugman book chastises "Austerians," champions Keynes Reuters In a section exploring why austerity has appealed to influential Republican policy makers, he quotes a long section from Keynes's "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money." "The part about how the economic doctrine that demands austerity ... and more » |
Christian Science Monitor | Argentina: Keeping up with the Chavezes? Christian Science Monitor Kicillof has a doctorate in economics from the University of Buenos Aires, where he won a faculty prize in 2006 for his thesis on John Maynard Keynes's famous work, “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.” So it's not surprising that in ... and more » |
Wall Street Journal | Kirchner Aide Pushed Her to Take Over Oil Firm Wall Street Journal He won a faculty prize in 2006 for his thesis on Keynes's famous work, "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money," and later turned it into a book. Mr. Kicillof went on to teach at the University of Buenos Aires, publishing in Argentine and ... and more » |
Why Laurence Summers failed Ideal Taxes Association In the chapter about mercantilism in his magnum opus (The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money), Keynes explained what happens to trade deficit countries: (A) favorable balance, provided it is not too large, will prove extremely stimulating; ... |
Peter Crabb: Political promises of added spending today mean more taxes tomorrow The Idaho Statesman John Maynard Keynes's 1936 treatise, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, explained how the fiscal policies of the government could possibly help smooth out short-run fluctuations in the economy. Part of Keynes's overall theory of the ... and more » |
Patriot-News (blog) | WEALTH MATTERS: How to keep your 'animal spirits' in check Patriot-News (blog) By The Patriot-News In 1936, economist John Maynard Keynes famously suggested in his publication “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money” that while “most economic activity results from rational economic motivations, animal spirits are ... |
