1st Baron Keynes (1883-1946) English economist whose General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money 1936 proposed the prevention of financial crises and unemployment by adjusting demand through government control of credit and currency. He is responsible for that part of economics now known as macroeconomics.
Keynes led the British delegation at the Bretton Woods Conference 1944, which set up the International Monetary Fund.
His theories were widely accepted in the aftermath of World War II, and he was one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. His ideas are today often contrasted with those of monetarism. + prikaži više