First published in 1936, John Maynard Keyness General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money didnt become influential until after World War II, when a simplified and attenuated version entered the profession. Keyness complex, difficult, and often obscure analysis eventually took hold because it gave many economists just what they were looking for: a theoretical rationale for major government intervention to remedy what they regarded as the unreliability of market systems to avoid or recover quickly from recessions.
The Keynes Perplex
By William N. Butos
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