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{{Infobox person|name=John Maynard Keynes|image=John Maynard Keynes.png|image_size=200|birth_place=Cambridge, [[England]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]|death_date=21 April 1946|death_place=Tilton, England, [[United Kingdom]]|field=Economics|birth_date=5 June 1883}}
{{Infobox person|name=John Maynard Keynes|image=John Maynard Keynes.png|image_size=200|birth_place=Cambridge, [[England]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]|death_date=21 April 1946|death_place=Tilton, England, [[United Kingdom]]|field=Economics|birth_date=5 June 1883}}


'''John Maynard Keynes''' (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British bourgeois [[economist]] and founder of Keynesianism. His 1936 book ''A General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money'' attempted to explain the causes of [[Economic crisis|economic crises]]. He blamed insufficient consumer [[demand]] for the crises and advocated for the [[state]] to increase investment and [[profit]] by lowering [[Wage|wages]]. His proposed policies of [[inflation]] and war spending would worsen the living conditions of the [[proletariat]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|year=1954|title=Political Economy|chapter=Economic Doctrines of the Capitalist Epoch|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/subject/economy/authors/pe/pe-ch22.htm|section=The Further Degeneration of Bourgeois Economic Science. Present-day Bourgeois Political Economy|mia=https://www.marxists.org/subject/economy/authors/pe/index.htm}}</ref>
'''John Maynard Keynes''' (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British bourgeois [[Economics|economist]] and founder of Keynesianism. His 1936 book ''A General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money'' attempted to explain the causes of [[Economic crisis|economic crises]]. He blamed insufficient consumer [[demand]] for the crises and advocated for the [[state]] to increase investment and [[profit]] by lowering [[Wage|wages]]. His proposed policies of [[inflation]] and war spending would worsen the living conditions of the [[proletariat]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|year=1954|title=Political Economy|chapter=Economic Doctrines of the Capitalist Epoch|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/subject/economy/authors/pe/pe-ch22.htm|section=The Further Degeneration of Bourgeois Economic Science. Present-day Bourgeois Political Economy|mia=https://www.marxists.org/subject/economy/authors/pe/index.htm}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:Economists]]
[[Category:Economists]]

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John Maynard Keynes
Born5 June 1883
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Died21 April 1946
Tilton, England, United Kingdom
Field of studyEconomics


John Maynard Keynes (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British bourgeois economist and founder of Keynesianism. His 1936 book A General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money attempted to explain the causes of economic crises. He blamed insufficient consumer demand for the crises and advocated for the state to increase investment and profit by lowering wages. His proposed policies of inflation and war spending would worsen the living conditions of the proletariat.[1]

References

  1. Political Economy: 'Economic Doctrines of the Capitalist Epoch; The Further Degeneration of Bourgeois Economic Science. Present-day Bourgeois Political Economy' (1954). [MIA]