The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

About this book

1936 saw the initial release of The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. However, its concepts have been developing for years? Keynes had written to a friend while still a student at Cambridge, expressing his love for "free trade and free thought." The freshness, clarity, and occasionally even ambiguity of Keynes' macroeconomic vision, as well as his spare prose, vivid descriptions, and limpid manner, have all contributed to the continued relevance of his views. High unemployment rates and significant wealth and income discrepancies most worried him. He reasoned that individualism, "the most potent instrument to enhance the future," could only be preserved by limiting both. The 21st century may yet confirm his assertion.