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  1. 5 days ago · The paradox of thrift is a concept developed by legendary economist John Maynard Keynes. He noted that, during a recession, individuals tend to save money so they can manage through a tough time—when what the economy needs is for people to spend and invest. After all, historically, recessions, and more extreme depressions, mean job loss, a ...

  2. 5 hours ago · Capital spending, John Maynard Keynes argued, was prone to waves of optimism and pessimism, leading to business cycles. More recently, Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott won Nobel Prizes in ...

  3. 2 days ago · Overview. In John Maynard Keynes' theory, some micro-level actions of individuals and firms – if taken collectively – can lead to aggregate macroeconomic outcomes in which the economy operates below its potential output and growth. Such a situation had previously been referred to by classical economists as a general glut.

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  4. 1 day ago · John Maynard Keynes developed the crucial economic idea of the Keynesian multiplier. The fundamental principle of this multiplier is that a nation's economy will grow more rapidly the more money its government spends. Keynes realized that demand may not always be created by supply after the great economic depression.

  5. 21 hours ago · After her marriage and travels to India, Joan Robinson settled in Cambridge where she became friends with perhaps the greatest Cambridge economist of the last century, John Maynard Keynes. She distinguished herself with major contributions to nearly all branches of economics.

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  7. Hey everyone! I'm currently an undergrad Econ major working on a book report for a behavioral economics course and I've decided to read "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money" by John Maynard Keynes. I reached out to my professor to get his opinion on covering this book, and he advised against it.

  8. 4 days ago · Buffett pointed to the example of John Maynard Keynes, one of the most important economic thinkers of the modern era, who correctly predicted output per capita would grow at an exponential rate ...

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