Keynes

[ keynz ]

/ keɪnz /

noun

John Maynard, 1st Baron,1883–1946, English economist and writer.

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Keynes famously said that ‘the boom, not the slump, is the time for austerity.’

Austerity’s Scottish Ghosts Haunt the Modern Economic Mind |Mark Blyth |May 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But it may also be because Smith and Hume do have a point, one that Keynes would agree with.

Austerity’s Scottish Ghosts Haunt the Modern Economic Mind |Mark Blyth |May 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Keynes understood that the long run is simply an infinite parade of short runs.

Was Keynes a Better Economist Because He Was Gay? |David Frum |May 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Ironically, Keynes was even more averse to Americans than to Poles.

Niall Ferguson Responds to the Blogospherse |David Frum |May 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

To his eyes, Washington was dominated by lawyers, all speaking incomprehensible legalese—or, as Keynes put it, “Cherokee”.

Niall Ferguson Responds to the Blogospherse |David Frum |May 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Thus: If patience is a virtue there are painful virtues—an example from Dr. Keynes.

Logic |Carveth Read
Now, it was to the Keynes' that the Murchisons had gone, and Kit knew it.

Mammon and Co. |E. F. Benson
It would be unfair to compare Mr. Harris's book with Mr. Keynes's, though it covers something of the same ground.

The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 |Various
M. Clemenceau sat with Signor Orlando in the more central chairs of a semicircle of four in front of the fire, says Keynes.

The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind |Herbert George Wells
Mr. Keynes has shown in an interesting way how great was the effect of this decision.

The Problem of Foreign Policy |Gilbert Murray

British Dictionary definitions for keynes

Keynes

/ (keɪnz) /

noun

John Maynard, 1st Baron Keynes. 1883–1946, English economist. In The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936) he argued that unemployment was characteristic of an unregulated market economy and therefore to achieve a high level of employment it was necessary for governments to manipulate the overall level of demand through monetary and fiscal policies (including, when appropriate, deficit financing). He helped to found the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank

Derived forms of Keynes

Keynesian, adjective, noun Keynesianism, noun

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