1st Edition

Keynes's Vision Why the Great Depression did not Return

By John Philip Jones Copyright 2008
240 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

John Maynard Keynes was the most influential economist of the 20th Century, whose doctrines had a huge impact on American prosperity in the years following the Second World War. This new book by John Philip Jones describes the main features of Keynes's work, including the fiscal and monetary policies he recommended, together with a detailed tracking of how his theories played out in the American... Read more
Introduction: Why Keynes Matters 1. Keynes's Legacy 2. Three Signposts 3. Consumer Demand and Where it Leads 4. Investment Demand and Where it Leads 5. The Rate of Interest 6. What Should the Government be Doing? 7. Floating on an Ocean of Expectations 8. Keynes the Man 9. Twenty Years of Guerrilla Infighting 10. Keynes, England and the World 11. Keynes the Prophet

Biography

John Philip Jones