The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

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book economic treatise

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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Label	Occurrences
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money canonical	9
John Maynard Keynes (book)	1
The General Theory	1

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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 of Employment, Interest and Money self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 Publishers ⓘ surface form: Macmillan
relatedConcept	Keynesian economics ⓘ surface form: IS–LM model Keynesian economics ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Great Depression era

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John Maynard Keynes → notableWork → The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ

A Tract on Monetary Reform → precedes → The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ

A Treatise on Money → followedBy → The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The General Theory

A Treatise on Probability → relatedWork → The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ

Keynesian economics → influencedBy → The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ

Time magazine Top 100 non-fiction books since 1923 → hasPart → The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ

IS-LM model → basedOn → The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ

Say's law → criticizedInWork → The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ

Mr. Keynes and the Classics → influencedBy → The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ

Hyman Minsky → notableWork → The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Maynard Keynes (book)