The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

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The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money is John Maynard Keynes’s landmark 1936 book that founded modern macroeconomics by challenging classical views and explaining the causes of prolonged unemployment and economic downturns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
economic treatise
argues insufficient aggregate demand causes prolonged unemployment
market economies can settle at equilibrium with involuntary unemployment
wage and price flexibility does not guarantee full employment
author John Maynard Keynes
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticized Say's law
classical economics
loanable funds theory of interest
field economics
macroeconomic theory
firstPublishedIn United Kingdom
hasAbbreviation The General Theory
hasGenre academic literature
non-fiction
influenced Keynesian economics
New Keynesian economics
fiscal policy theory
modern macroeconomics
introducedConcept effective demand
liquidity preference theory of interest
marginal efficiency of capital
multiplier principle
propensity to consume
underemployment equilibrium
language English
notableFor challenging classical views on employment and interest
explaining causes of prolonged unemployment
founding modern macroeconomics
influencing 20th-century economic policy
publicationYear 1936
publisher Macmillan
relatedConcept IS–LM model
Keynesian cross
relatedWork The Economic Consequences of the Peace
structure divided into six books
subject aggregate demand
economic downturns
employment
interest rate
macroeconomics
money
unemployment
supportsPolicy countercyclical fiscal policy
government intervention in recessions
timePeriodAddressed Great Depression era


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