Introducing Keynes
A Graphic Guide
Published on 1. December 2014
176 pages
978-1-84831-881-6 (ISBN)
Description
As we find ourselves at the cusp of an economic downturn, there has been a clear reinvigoration of Keynesian economics as governments are attempting to stimulate the market through public funds. Forming his economic theories in the wake of the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes argued that a healthy economy depended on the total spending of consumers, business investors and, most importantly, governments too. Keynes formulated that governments should take control of the economy in the short term, rather than relying on the market, because, as he eloquently put it 'in the long run, we are all dead'. This graphic guide is the ideal introduction to one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, at a time when his theories may be crucial to our economic survival. Through a deft mixture of words and images, "Introducing Keynes" is a timely, accessible and enjoyable read.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Keynes is back!
- We are all Keynesians now
- John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)
- The Keynes Family Background
- Keynes' Childhood
- Keynes and the Cambridge Apostles
- Moral Role Model
- Political Role Model
- Keynes Enters the Civil Service
- The Classical Quantity Theory of Money
- The Bloomsbury Group
- Pioneers of Youth Culture
- Comes the First World War.
- The Economic Consequences of the Peace
- The Remarkable Foresight of J.M. Keynes
- Keynes Marries a Russian Ballerina
- Return to the Gold Standard
- A Preview of the Exchange Rate Mechanism?
- Full Steam Ahead - to the Crash!
- The Wall Street Crash - and World Depression
- The real cause was the good, old fashioned
- The Effect on Germany
- The Fall and Rise of John Maynard Keynes
- The General Theory, 1936
- Keynes-The 'Einstein of Economics'
- Economics before Keynes
- Ricardo's Reply
- Say's Law
- Marx on the Trade Cycle
- Was Marx Right?
- The Trade Cycle
- A Difference between Capital Goods and Consumer Goods
- The Accelerator
- Recession
- The General Strike of 1926
- Orthodox 1920s economists said.
- Don't be alarmed...
- What's the answer?
- Keynes' Solutions
- Is the answer full employment?
- What determines the level of employment?
- What is the Multiplier?
- The Multiplier Effect.
- So...
- Which countries first tried Keynesian economics?
- The German Example
- Final Solution not Keynesian Solutions
- A Keynesian Parody
- Prophetic Words, Again!
- Rescuing the United States
- A hotch-potch of recovery measures
- War is one solution..
- From the Cradle to the Grave
- Paying for the War
- Keynesianism in War-time and After.
- The Bretton Woods Agreement, 27 July 1944.
- Britain's "Financial Dunkirk"
- "Was the USA really ungenerous?"
- "Capitalism internationally safeguarded".
- "We've never had it so good".
- The "Fine-Tuning" of Keynesianism.
- Fine-Tuning Demand.
- Phillips Curve
- "What happens when unemployment and inflation BOTH increase?"
- Meanwhile, in the USA...
- Rejection of Keynes in the 1970s
- What is Monetarism?
- The "New" Classical Economists
- The Natural Rate of Unemployment
- "And what about HIGH unemployment?"
- The "Selsdon Man" Monetarist
- Now, for Selsdon Woman!
- Monetarist Remedies for Unemployment
- Stagflation.
- Did Monetarism Work?
- What about the "side effects" of monetarist policy?
- The Failure of Monetarism
- And Reaganomics?
- Was it fair to blame Keynesian policies for the stagflation of the 1970s?
- The Contradictions of Keynes.
- Myths about Keynes
- Keynes, the Gold Standard and the ERM
- The globalisation and dotcom boom
- Publications of John Maynard Keynes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index
